Sunday Long Run

Time: 102:23
Distance: 16.02 miles
Pace: 6:23
Map

Last night I stayed out east of town at one of the houses Scotty D is watching while the owners are out of town. I got a good nights sleep and was up for a long run. Scotty was meeting a student at the GT for some drills and coaching so I decided to make the run end there. Jailhouse wanted me to run the 16 miler as a progression ending at 5:20 pace by 14 miles and jogging the last two.

The pace started out gently from the house and gradually dropped. I was surprised at how humid and warm it already was at 7:45. I started having some troubles around 6 miles but found comfort at Andrew's Park. A little splash of water did the trick and I was able to hit up the GT for some laps around 6:05. The effort increased around the 10 mile mark when I was trying to hit sub-6 minute miles into the wind. Big chunks of the run were run on North Base which was quiet but windy. I made the final push out on Robinson to really cut the pace down as the wind was at my side. Splits of: 7:50, 6:58, 6:47, 6:40, 6:33 6:28, 6:27, 6:11, 6:05, 5:53, 5:48, 5:51 (mostly into wind), 5:43, 5:30, 6:44, 6:43.