I planned to run 16 miles today and I thought I would run for a couple of hours, but with children's activities I had to break it up with an AM/PM run. I decided to take my AM run easy. I ran around the lake and finished 8 miles in just under 59 miles. I don't feel like I exerted myself at all. In fact, every time my body wanted to go faster I held back. I will probably run marathon pace in the afternoon. Now for 6 hours of resting and refueling.
This afternoon I went out and ran 6 mile in just under 40 minutes. Given the hilly course and the short recovery time, I was pretty happy with my effort. When I got back to the house I took the dog on a two mile cool down. The entire 16 miles ended up taking 1 hour 55 minutes. It was a nice way to retire my Nike Pegasus 29. Now for a relaxing rest day.
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