Speedy Eight Miler

8 miles up at the lake, again starting at the swimming pool. Figured I'd run past the restaurant, take the inner loop and get to the Sailboat Cove. The trial ended up being flooded north of the east/west road in the soccer field loop, so I doubled back and took the east/west road across to the other side, then figured I'd run towards the Sailboat Cove as far as I needed. But then that part of the trail was flooded at what would be the northeast corner of the lake, so I headed back. Was going to be short on distance so I decided to run on the trail that runs under the page extension and then north on the other side of the lake, but then that part was flooded as well. I then ran on the inside loop a little to try to get enough distance in, then I headed back towards the car. Distance worked out pretty good, had to run just past the car. Even with all the turn arounds, I ended up with a record 8 mile run. Total time was 1:13:15, average time of 9:09. Splits were 9:34, 8:59, 9:03, 9:01, 8:58, 9:11, 9:03 and 9:23. Was getting tired at the end, and it was actually fairly warm, in the low 70s out. Heart rate was high, average of 171 with the last two mile splits of 176 and 177. Overall a good run, most likely my last 'hard' run before the marathon.