The Long Run

11.28 mi, 1:45:07, 9:19 avg

Ran with Jamie from the nbhd, looped through Kinsmere and back via Little Road.  Chilly again at the start but felt perfect after a few miles.  We ran a little over 9 miles together then I added some more on by myself.

Felt pretty good, hardly felt yesterday's run including fast finish.

5.54 mi, 48:46, 8:48 avg

Slightly abbreviated run, nbhd route out to golf course with out and back.  Pleasant morning in the  mid 50's, no water stop today, just a brief stop waiting for the traffic light to change going out and coming back.

11.33 mi,  1:29:52, 7:56 avg

Striders run at Longleaf, but actually no longer in Longleaf, but up and down the Starkey Bike trail and parts of Aristide neighborhood, but I still call it Longleaf.  Nice cool 50's, perfect for running.  2.7 miles to water stop, then gradually picked it up after that, then picked it up some more after mile 3.  Ran mainly in the 7:20's and 7:30's with one mile at 6:48.  Finished Longleaf with 9 miles, socialized for a few minutes with the group before heading back home.

Decided I'd do a quick loop around the neighborhood because I felt good, it was a perfect morning and was doing good on time.  Finished up with a few strides.

8.29 mi, 1:05:23, 7:53 avg

I started out just thinking I'd do an easy run but for variety I ran out to the new park where there is a marked trail  and decided to do some repeats since the loop around the parked as 1/4 mile markings for a 1 mile course.  Decided on 800's, thought about doing just a few then settled on 5.  I ended up doing just 4 since I have a long race coming up on Sunday and this was more just for fun and also because I did the 4th one better than expected I thought a very small reward was in order. 

repeat times:  2:50, 2:58, 2:59, 2:48

I didn't know I could run that fast still, I'll add some more on next time or maybe do 1K repeats but try for the same pace.

I watched Andy later that day at his track meet, he ran in the 4x800m.  This was his first time doing a relay event.  I timed 2:38 which was a little bit slower than the other 800's I've wathced him do but this was his first time doing a relay so maybe that cost him a second or two doing the hand off at the start and finish.

9.07 mi, 1:20:02, 8:49 avg

Ran with Joe and Jamie in the nbhd, started at 7:00, Joe joined us a little bit later.  Did the usual routes and took the long way around the loop on the way back and overshot my house just enough to be over 9 miles for the morning.  Perfect weather.  I was feeling a bit draggy this morning but Joe was keeping a pretty good pace otherwise I might have ended up a lot slower.

10.19 mi, 1:30:32, 8:53 avg

Ran with Cynthia in Starkey Park, did 6 miles together then I stayed for a bit for the Striders social hour which are no longer weekly but monthly so it was a good chance to see a number of people I've been missing.  Weather was low 50's so a little chilly feeling until warmed up then perfect.

Got back home and decided to add on a little more.  I turned left out of my driveway but didn't cross any side streets but turned down each side street.  It quickly added up.  What would normally be a one mile run (out to main gate and back) turned into a little bit over 4 miles.  It was tedious at first but was kind of fun.  Not sure if I could do the entire neighborhood this way, sure it would be over 10 miles.

Tomorrow is the 33 1/3 mile "Long Play" race, which is preparation for the 68 mile race in two weeks.