The Long Run

3.1 mi, 27:47, 8:57

Easy  run in the neighborhood, solo, from my house out near the golf course water and then back home.  Warmer out this morning, reminding me not that many cool mornings left.

2.56 mi, 36:00, 14:03 avg

This was either the run that almost wasn't but I started walking and then did some running or the walk that was almost a run, either way it was something.

Stella's first night at the Palm Harbor house.  She was awake a lot and kept on waking me up.  Ended up going down Village Way to Westlake Drive until hitting Nebraska over to 19th Street and then back.  Weather back to cool again which was nice.  Was in much better mood after the run/walk with Stella and so was she, almost forgot I was up most of the night (until later in the day).

3.55 mi, 33:18, 9:23 avg

Better run than yesterday. Ran in Westlake Village.  First 2.75 miles with Stella, but she was getting a little bit tired toward the end running up some of the hills.  Garmin claimed on 77 feet of climbing although it seemed like a lot more, probably because a lot of runs in Florida can be like 10 feet of climbing over a 15 mile run.  It was pretty fun finding some new routes and new hills.  Weather was good also.

4.59 mi, 39:41, 8:38 avg

Another Westlake Village run - a little bit longer and faster with last mile at 7:45.  Today I managed 132 feet of climbing.  My last Brooksville trip had about 350 feet of climbing over 15.75 miles, so feet per mile this run had more.

Still kind of light on the miles this week but at least it is a little bit different from usual patterns.

5.44 mi, 52:43, 9:41 avg

Return to Foxwood.  After what seemed like being away forever (3 nights, lol), back at the old house.  Ran with Joe and Jamie in the neighborhood.  Joe was a surprise as he said he couldn't make it but ended up surprising us but only ran about 3 miles or so before heading back early.  Good, relaxing run.

11.81 mi, 1:37:30, 8:15 avg

Solo run from my house to SR54 , up Starkey Blvd, and then into Aristida nbhd turning around at Diane's house.  She had just brought her stuff inside but garage door was open so I went in and said hi and she gave me some gatorade for my bottle.  I didn't start until just before 8:00, but it was still pretty cool out and there was a little bit of very light rain here and there.

The run overall was pretty good, never really got into a very smooth feeling faster pace but wasn't horrible or too hard, just a little more effort than the runs earlier this week.

Also, on my way up I saw Joe and talked to him briefly, and then a little bit later saw Jamie and Renee (they all started about 6:30).   There were a number of people running south down Starkey Blvd that were part of the C2C - new relay from Cocoa Beach FL to Tarpon Springs following the route of the in progress Coast to Coast Florida trail.  I had not heard of this race before , inaugural event, maybe check it out next year.