9.50 miles LT - Misc Route

9.5 miles at 8.43 min pace w/ avg HR of 166

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1st mile in 8.13 @ 166 - Whew, started out too fast

2nd mile in 8.43 @ 163 - This is more like it.

3rd mile in 8.43 @ 167 - Pretty good consistancy.

4th mile in 8.50 @ 166 - Ditto

5th mile in 8.98 @ 165 - Pretty good uphill section here.

6th mile in 8.80 @ 169

7th mile in 8.38 @ 167 - Starting back on the long downhill

8th mile in 8.08 @ 166

remaining 1.50 in 12.37 (8.25 pace) w/ 166 HR

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This was an LT run where my pace should be 10k pace (sub 8min-miles) + 30-35 seconds. For me, that should be about 8:30 or 8:35 second miles, but I obviously ran a little faster. Felt good though.

Temp was in the 50's and I wore a running shirt and some shorts and was pretty comfortable. The route was back from D's soccer match at the Y. I took a detour through the Harbison trail network to add on a little mileage.

I tried out for the first time actually carrying some Gatorade with me. I have a fanny pack with a built-in water bottle holder, so I cut some low-cal Gatorade with some water and used that. After fiddling with the fanny pack adjustment to keep it from bouncing, it really wasn't too bad. I drank about half the gatorade at the halfway point, then some more at about three-quarters, and saved the remainder to drink on my cooldown walk home.

I still got cramps later though. :(