Early run with Mark Howard. Met him at 6:30 @ centennial park and off from there the back way to get all of the trail. Stopped @ the in-laws for water at about 3.5 miles then back to the trail and had another stop about 3 miles from there where I had cached some water and then up to Rattlesnake lake where I had left more water. As we were going up the trail a lady was standing off to the side with her dog, which got away from her and nipped at Mark...irresponsible pet owner. On the way back down we saw another lady with a dog and when she saw us she took the dog way off the side and made sure that there would be no issues. Responsible pet owner. If you can't control your pet, don't have it out in a public place! Very nice run and the gradual incline was not too bad as we were able to score about a 9 min. pace on the uphill part. My pace goal was set at 8:35 but I was running with Mark so I knew it would probably end up faster(which is why I like to run with him). Plus instead of 20 miles we ended up going 22. With water stops etc. time ended up being 3 hours and 20 minutes. We did throw in 2 8 min. pace miles right toward the end and they weren't killers Splits: 8:39, 8:29, 8:39, 8:28, 8:42, 8:46, 8:46, 8:59, 8:59, 8:52, 8:33, 8:12, 8:09, 8:17, 8:17, 8:26, 8:13, 8:19, 8:14, 8:02, 7:58, 9:15 Overall avg. pace ended up at 8:30
After almost finishing, I drank some Accelerade and then finished off the run with some walking and watching a little league baseball game. That stuff really helps me recover quicker than normal. We will do that run again sometime.
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