Part 1: 5.11 mi, 45:15, 8:51 avg
Part 2a: 0.67 mi
Part 2b: 8.27 mi, 1:13:05, 8:50 avg
Part 3: 4.31 mi, 33:01, 7:39 avg
Started out with just over 5 miles running in the neighborhood, finishing just after 8:00, then drove over to Holloway Park in Lakeland to see the cross country meet. Meet was starting a little bit later today because they had an invitational race before the varsity races. Saw Thomas at the start, then cut over to the one mile marker. Saw him and got his split (5:59). Looking strong and running 3rd place for the team after Zeke and Spencer. Then ran over to the next spot (about 2.4 mile marker which I'd verify the distance later that morning). Still holding 3rd place and looking strong. Finally, ran over to the finish area. Course comes out of the woods and does a horse shoe shape mowed into the grass. Saw Zeke (about 18:30), then Spencer and Tom who ran 19:30 (course PR for him).
For me, it was 0.67 miles (curious to see how far it was).
Although it was later in the morning, there was some cloud cover and a little bit of a breeze. I was going to head straight home and try to do another 10 miles, but decided to get some miles in here. I ran several loops around the small lake, no trail but mowed grass that was pretty easy to run on. After finishing about 3.5 miles, the last race of the morning had finished and people were packing up, so I decided to run the course. It starts on a field going up a hill, then the trail narrows and goes downhill then into a rolling terrain with lots of twists and turns. It was great seeing the trail from the racers view. Finished up the course and saw the timing guy as he was packing up. Did a few more lake loops, sun was out now and decided 8.27 was good and I'd finish up the rest on the treadmill.
For part 3, went back home, let Stella out, then went to the Y. Warmed up slowly and periodically bumped up the speed until about a 7:15 pace. Played around with the speed and incline.
It was about 3 pm now, felt like I'd been running all day but glad to get it done and enjoyed the variety and grateful to get out to see Tom run.
As I was leaving the Y, Joe texted me to meet at the Brass Tap where they were doing an Oktoberfest party. Saw Joe, Liz, Dave, Anthony, Evan and a few others. After Brass Tap, got cleaned up then headed over to Jessica's parents house and had a "break the fast" dinner with them and some friends (and of course Jessica!).
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