Got plenty of sleep last night. I was pretty tired all day yesterday. So crashed early and got up to run on the parkway. Was exciting to see the 10kers running by for the WJ race. We decided to op out of doing it and just going for a long run today. Goals on this was to run 8:11 pace. First couple I used as warm up then started kicking it up to where I needed to be. MrsFit was with me for a bit of it but was going to be running a little slower pace today. So headed on the trail with a lot of bikers, runners, joggers and walkers. It was a good day. And I didnt felt pretty good after about mile 4 and then just started to settle in. Since on this parkway there is alot of rolling hills. I would try to push a bit going up the hill relax and speed up the best I could as I hit the top of one and then speed up with the downhill. Then relax into my steady pace after coming off the hill to a flat. Worked pretty good and paces dropped a bit under where I goal pace. I had to slow myself down alot after doing that. After mile 15 or so the garmin lost track. I was coming up on the 16 mark which I was sure I was only a mile away and so for that 15-16 mile I kept pushing harder and harder since I thought I was dropping off pace and wanted to finish strong. Hit the lap and found I was well under the 7. The last mile also was messed up and lost reception around .5 from the end. So I just kept pushing harder. Some how I messed up the paces. And didnt hit stop which I am sure I did when I hit by the car. And rested. From the math I did getting to the car the last one came in around 7:10. And when the wife came in I noticed it was still on and going. So argh stupid thing. Here are the splits... Mile 1 9:08 Mile 2 8:47 Mile 3 8:15 Mile 4 8:12 Mile 5 8:02 Mile 6 8:11 Mile 7 8:01 Mile 8 8:04 Mile 9 8:00 Mile 10 8:10 Mile 11 8:01 Mile 12 8:08 Tougher area. Had turn around and crossed over a mean overpass twice on this one. Mile 13 8:10 Mile 14 8:11 Lots of trees in here and picking up the pace. I know I was going alot faster this mile. Had to make up from what it said I was at 9:20 at .5 Mile 15 8:05 Mile 16 6:19 Lap button at 1 mile out Mile 17 7:?? Not sure what happened here.
TT 2:17:?? AP 8:10ish
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