5:00 am 15 Miles. I wanted to give today a little bit harder effort, for 2 reasons. I felt like the last few days I ran pretty easy, and I had to catch an 8:30 flight to Irvine CA. My goal was to average a 6:45 pace over the entire run, which isn't so hard on the Treadmill, but the trail can be a little more difficult. I started out on the Treadmill for the first 5 miles waiting for day light, Did that in 33:30. 6:42 pace. Then I went out to the trail for the remaining 10. I had to pretty much run the length of the trail out and back twice. Was averaging about 6:40 for the first 7 miles but I started bonking a little bit the last 3, struggled really hard to keep it below 7:00 pace for that last 3. I think it had something to do with the sun coming out and temps going up a little. Ended up averaging 6:45 exactly for the 10 so if I do the math right I beat my goal by about 2 seconds/mile. Yea. At the Airport on my way to Irvine right now, anyone know good places to run there? I saw there was some Laguna Park about 8 miles away with mountain bike trails may get a taxi to take me there and try it out if I have the time. Avg HR 158 Max HR 169
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