17.71@10:36 HR 131 bpm
After yesterday's strenous but not long enough run to be a long run, looking for some more miles today. Yesterday was rain, today was wind. The wind was very strong and wasn't sure how long it would be strong. My dad had just called me worried about the water level near his house - there was a coastal flooding advisory but it had just expired, the worst of it was over with no actual flooding near him.
Decided to just tuck in, get in at least a few miles then re-evaluate. I headed up Belcher Rd to Klosterman, turned left and then crossed once it was safe so I wouldn't get stuck at the Alt19 traffic light. Turned right and headed north up the Pinellas Trail and soon was in and out of Tarpon Springs, then the trail turns to the east. Wanted to try that spur that goes north to Anclote but the sign and fence said closed so I stuck to the main trail. Kept going, under 19, then the trail turned south for a little bit where I could feel a tailwind, then east again up and over the Keystone "mountains", then finally turned back. (oh, forgot, I did have one stop on this run at the public restroom near the Tarpon Tavern. Other than that was steady 5/1 run/walk).
After the turnaround, and the trail heading south, had some tailwind but the wind was also dying down. Kept straight on the trail when I reached Klosterman and kept going to Palm Habor's little downtown area and finally stopped just past Stilthouse Brewery.
Called Jessica for a ride, she came by with Jacob and the baby and had lunch at a local wing place. Wings later that day did not sit well later that day.
Also later that day, we had an old (but not too old) unstuffed bear from Build a Bear which someone had given to Aubrey. Since she's past the bear phase we gave it to the baby and let her watch as they stuffed it with fluff and we picked out a few small accessories.
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