Weather - 85-89 degrees, sunny. Started my long run at noon sharp, and finished at 2:45pm. I had to make a pit stop or two along the way, total running time was 2 hours 30 minutes. I am estimating an average pace of 8:30, so that comes to 17.50 miles. I handled the heat well, stopped at home at the 2 hour mark to eat a banana covered in sunflower butter, also ate some cashews and pretzels. I was out of juice and V8, so I had to settle on water. My legs were getting stiff the final 30 minutes, so I stopped at the track at the 2:10 mark and ran 5 x 100m hard/100m easy reps. The final 15 minutes were kind of easy, I started to feel loose and the food I ate at home started to help my body feel stronger. This was my longest run of the year, it did not take too much out of me and my body seems to be acclimating to hot weather. #217 z.m. - #130
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