12.02 mi, 1:50:46, 9:13 avg, elev gain 251 feet
Day 6, end of week 1 of the plan.
Last week I watched Jacob run at a meet in Bradenton so I didn't get to run until later. I thought I would be running earlier, but it turned out I'd help volunteer at a race, glad I did. Xanadu racing was doing a 5k/10k from Indian Rocks Beach starting at a place called Caddy's. They were donating money to Aubrey's cheer team the Panthers and were asking for volunteers to help with the race. Jessica, Charlotte and I left the house just before 7:00 and helped out from 7:30 to almost 10:00 when they said we could go.
Jessica drove me a few miles north to Sand Key Park where I changed, filled up my water bottle and got going. North out of Sand Key Park, up and over the Sand Key bridge, through Clearwater Beach, across the causeway and up and over the bridge. I stopped briefly in Coachman Park and had part of a cliff energy bar, it was good.
I was afraid the run would be horrible, as it was getting later in the day and I didn't get much sleep the night before. But it seemed to be getting a little bit better each mile.
After going through downtown Clearwater, got on the Pinellas Trail going north and soon I was running in the 8's, had been thinking I'd be looking to stay any faster than a 10 minute pace.
I did have a reward in mind. I was going to finish at 7th Sun Brewery in Dunedin. That kind of helped to keep me going. But also, I felt kind of like some fitness was coming back.
Passed by Dunedin and kept on going north, almost to Curlew Road and then turned around, back south. Made it to 7th sun but had to go a little bit farther to make it to 12 miles.
I'd made it, and felt pretty good. Jessica, who had been walking on the Dunedin Causeway came by and picked me up in about 20 minutes or so.
Oveall, it was a pretty fun morning.
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