Larry, Wayne and I started out toward the canyon, but inspired by the cold wind we changed course and decided to run north on the canal road instead. It was firm on the way out, but was getting pretty muddy on the way back, and we could feel the weight of the mud sticking to our shoes. Wayne and I wanted to go about 12 miles, Larry a bit less because he had already put in more miles than normal this week. Wayne and I plotted to keep Larry talking until we had gone far enough that he would have to run at least a total of 10 miles just to get back home.It turns out he had noted the distance but kept going anyway. He ended up running 11 miles to finish off a good week of running. Wayne and I took the longer way home and went 12 miles. We were both tired but managed to push the last mile considerably faster than the previous eleven (which wasn't very fast). The last mile was 7:51, with the overall average 9:17/mi.
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