Had to miss one 10 mile run this week for various reasons so decided to make this a marathon pace run for part. Went to a farewell(funeral) earlier and ate a bunch of cookies etc so wasn't feeling all that good. Didnt even start the run until after 5:30 ish. Thought we were done with the 40% chance of rain so wore a tech shirt...no hat etc. upper 50's temp. Ran down the hill and then over to Centennial park for first pit stop. 4.5 miles. then up the SVT for 1.5 and then back to Centennial for 2nd pit stop. Unfortunately the nice day had turned dark and rain was beginning to come lightly at first and then pretty hard. Problem was that I did not have a hat to shield the rain from my glasses and it was tough to see at times. Headed back to the parkway and partway up another pit stop at around 10.5 miles to wipe off my glasses and warm my hands up on the hand dryer in the bathroom. By that time I could see some clearing on the way but still had plenty of rain. And finally back home. First 8 miles @ 8 minute pace. Then 1 at 8:40 and then the parkway in the 9's...overall pace ended up being 8:20. No more runs scheduled over 8 miles. Ahhhhhhhhhh!
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