I ran at my sister's in Plainfield. It was ridiculously foggy, but still warm enough for shorts (maybe 45 or so). I ran around the bike path that runs through a few neighborhoods, have run around there quite a few times, but it was eerie not really knowing street names and worrying about getting turned around in the fog. For instance, there's a water tower along this route, and I usually use it as a guide, but I couldn't see it unless I was within a tenth of a mile of it.
I kept the pace pretty easy, but did make an effort to push the pace in the last two miles. (9:04, 9:00, 8:50, 8:35, 8:48, 8:31, 8:14). I guess looking at the splits for some reason mile 4 was also faster, but I don't have an explanation for why that would be.
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