According to Weather.com, the winds were from the west, 24-39 mph, though it didn't feel quite that bad. Temperature was 60 when I left and 69 by the end. The good news was that I could use my favorite north-south highway to the lake and hopefully get mostly crosswinds. My splits were 8:21, 8:08, 8:21, 8:18, 8:18, 8:18, 8:37, 8:14, 8:26, 8:23, 8:28, 8:28, 8:40, 8:39. I hit the HM in 1:49:4x and total time running was 1:57:39 (8:24 avg).
I don't know why I can't start these runs a little slower. I should probably be doing them at 9:00 pace so I wouldn't be so wasted at the end. For the very last mile, I tried to speed it up to 8:00 (HMGP) but at 13.5 the needle went to empty and I crashed to almost 10:00 pace for the last half mile. Whoops. I'm starting to get too familiar with that feeling. Next week I gotta slow down a bit so I can finish stronger. This time I think dehydration played a role too; 20 oz must not be enough for me to do a 2-hour run when it's almost 70 degrees because my pee was an interesting color. But I probably wouldn't have sweated so much if I had gone slower at first. What feels like an easy long-run shuffle at mile 2 is an impossible sprint at mile 12.
Anyway, I think I got good training out of the run but it's a step backwards in my confidence level at breaking 1:45 next month. Next week I'll focus on longer mid-week runs and only go 13 on Saturday, at a slower pace hopefully.
WM - 42.0 | 
