Did my seven mile run down at Town Lake today, which worked out very well. My lovely wife and our two pups came down with me, and they all hung out at the dog park while I ran, which was really pretty cool. That meant starting and ending at the park (I-35 and Riverside) and I decided to run clockwise this time. The weather was nice - 78 degrees, 70% humidity - even if the sun felt a little strong.

I set my timer, then turned my watch to map mode so that I couldn’t see my pace after about 3 minutes of checking it. Figured that I should just run comfortably, whatever that ended up being. The first half took 31:17, and the second half went by in 32:23 - half being an approximation only - for a total time of 63:40 for 6.9 miles or a 9:15 average pace. Since that’s midway between my ‘long’ and ‘easy’ run goals, I think that it’ll work just fine.

This was a good run. I pumped on the hills, up and down, really working my quads. Ran slower through the beautiful sections, faster when there were pretty people to pass. Basically, I just had fun.

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