Made the mistake of talking to S. Sundwall at church yesterday and he convinced me to keep my mile up this week instead of starting to taper off. Runnersworld plan said to do 11. Started off thinking 10 after that 20 spot on Saturday. Partway through decided to go for it and do 11. It's amazing how much these really long runs help with cardio fitness. My Avg. HR is down today to 135. Avg. Pace down also to 8:44. Got up early(for me) at 6:00 and was on the road by 6:25 ish. Rain during the night but only drizzle and some dry during the run. Saw Sommer Reynolds flying around over on Silent Creek. 48 degrees was nice. When trying to get in 11 miles here at the ridge you are required to hit a few hills and that's what I did. Feeling good on them still. Just had to burn off my 4/1 protein/carb ration yesterday of 3 parts ribs-1 part salmon and 1 part orange sherbet/vanilla icecream-sprite slushy. OK maybe more than 1 part on that last one. Felt good to burn it off this a.m. Only annoyance of the morning was breathing in the nastiness of those school buses.
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