Well, that sucked. Was going to do a longer run (20-22), but I didn't deal well with the heat today (I was probably a pound or two dehydrated when I started), so I cut it down to 17.2 miles. I knew by mile 2.5 that it was going to be a long day. It was 92 when I started, and the humidity next to the JRP made things worse. I brought a 20 oz water bottle with the intention of refilling it, but the fountain I planned to fill it from at mile 9.5-ish was broken. I had already run out at like mile 7, and didn't get to fill it again until 12.5, at which point I felt like a zombie, and had to spend a fair amount of time sitting on a curb drinking / just sitting there just to feel OK again. The last miles were very unpleasant, as even with some water back in me, I was just sapped. I didn't bring my Garmin, so I'm not sure how long I stopped, but not factoring the stop out of my time, AP would've been about 8:20. Yeah, really ugly. I suspect the actual moving pace was more like 8:00, as I hit virtually every single light today, in addition to the 5+ minutes I was stopped for. I planned on going easy, but I definitely slowed a lot at the end. Finished the run 6 pounds lighter than I started, even after supposedly rehydrating. Anyway, here was the route:
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