The Long Run

10.52 mi, 1:47:22, 10:12 avg

Ran with Brett and Mike H. on the Starkey trails.  We ran out on mainly double track winding our way to the water stop at the 4 mile spot if taking the paved bike trail.  Came back basically the same way but on a parallel course except for the last mile.  It was slightly foggy out at the start and very peaceful.  My legs were pretty tired and slow feeling at the start so it was good to go at an easy pace off road.  We went a little bit faster the last few miles.

8.45 mi, 1:14:22, 8:48 avg

Ran at Longleaf with the Striders, as usual I was just a little bit late.  Ran out easy pace to the water stop with a few very small pick ups to try and wake up my legs.

Did 4x800m with 400m easy jogs.  Pace was a little bit slower than I wanted but the effort was good enough to remind my lungs.  3:15, 3:03, 3:02, 3:05

Actually just the first one was slow, the other three were pretty good considering, but nothing under 3:00 today.

Instead of doing more of these, after the last one and catching my breath, I picked up the pace to about 7:30 for the last 1.8 miles.

6.12 mi, 59:24, 9:42 avg

Easy run in the neighborhood.

7.06 mi, 1:09:39, 9:52 avg

Thursday morning run with the Striders at Longleaf.  I was going to do a 5 mile tempo run after 2.6 miles easy.  However, plans changed when I realized I forgot to charge my garmin and it was already low. Keith offered me his regular watch and I could have used some landmarks to get pretty close.  But, I decided to just run whatever.  Started out with Keith and then Marcia came up behind us and ran with us.  Her picture had just come up on Facebook from when she ran me in the last bit at BDR Safety Harbor 2 years ago.  She's mostly  not been running since battling a hard to diagnose injury that happened just before Boston 2013.  So, it was a surprise to see her out there.  

Keith turned around at two miles and Marcia and I went to the water stop (where my watch died).  We than ran out to 3.5 miles and turned back.  The last couple of miles were a little bit faster and Marcia remarked that she hadn't run any miles under 9:00 since before her injuries.  Last mile was 8:39.

6.23 mi, 1:02:39, 10:03 avg

Cynthia came over to Jamie's house then they ran over to my house and we did about 6 miles together running the t-shaped route near the golf course.  Chilly 49 degrees was kind of nice compared to yesterday's crazy 70ish degree morning.

12.05 mi, 1:54:39, 9:31 avg

Ran with Joe, starting out from Longleaf.  We stopped at Diane's house to top off drinks, then into Starkey Park for a little bit before heading back.  We did about 11 miles.

Got back home, walked the dogs, then drove back to Starkey Park for the Striders 15 year anniversary post run get together.  Brought Stella with me where she got lots of pets.  A little 15 month old girl couldn't get enough of her.

Back home again, looked at my mileage for the week and saw that I was just short of 50, so I took Stella out for a 1 mile run.  She was more than happy to help!