Weather - 55 degrees, clouds. A nice morning for a long run. Melinda wanted to run the 8 mile White Heath loop twice instead of the Homer Lake trails, so we drove there at 8:30am and started our run at about 9:15am. I had never run White Heath, 2nd Wind uses the marked course for one of their marathon training runs. It is isolated country roads with plenty of trees and some occasional smallish rolling hills. The roads had a soft dirt shoulder, so I was able to avoid running on asphalt. We ran the first loop in 71 minutes, a nice and gentle 8:52 pace. The second loop Melinda plugged into her iPod so I decided to speed up just a bit. I ran an extra .25 miles when I took a wrong turn, ended up finishing the 2nd 8.25 miles in 64 minutes, for a 7:45 pace. Total time was 2:15, which was exactly what I wanted to run today. Felt really good on the 2nd loop, was not straining, although my legs were a bit fatigued on the hills. Tomorrow and Tuesday will be easy days, followed by a Wednesday track session with 2nd Wind. Thursday and Friday easy, with hills and bike intervals on Saturday. #156 z.m. - #70 | 