18.43@11:03
Day 2 back to back runs.
Woke up about 6:15. I'd mostly slept in my running clothes so didn't need much time to get ready. Headed out to Cypress Creek and got there just after 7:00. About the same sized group as last night but mostly different people - RD Andy was there as well as one of the guys I ran with last night. First mile goes out on the paved road to "the Hub" where the timing mat is, an aid staion, and people will leave their stuff and/or crews/family if they have them.
Head south down the double track about 1.3 miles and turn around back to the hub.
Starting out I was lagging behind the group as I worked out the muscle tightness, caught up and finished first mile in 11:22.
After the hub you head east on the paved trail another 0.6 miles then back on off road trail through the "hall of pines" and then keep going past that until 2 miles out from the road, then turn back, back to the hub and run north for a mile on double track to single track.
I kind of bounced around between different groups of runners. After completing the first 10 mile "loop", headed out on the second one by myself but cut it short a little bit so I wouldn't be too late meeting up with my brother down by Madeira Beach / John's Pass area to have lunch with him and his wife, their daughter, my Dad, and Andy (they had rented a boat for the Buffalo Bills boat parade).
So, overall the back to backs turned out ok, I survived the night running and the small amount of sleep. Just missed hitting 40 miles for the two runs by around 0.05 miles - should've run around the parking lot a little bit more.
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