8 Mile Afternoon Run

8 miles up at the lake, starting at the restaurant, running up past the sailboat cove on the inside and down to the overpass, just over 4 miles, then returning. Ran at about 4pm, so it was getting dark, and Judy was running a counter-clockwise lap. When I passed her on the way back, I started back tracking about .1 mile at a time so that we would be somewhat close to coming in at the same time. Ran on the outside part of the soccer field on the way back because it was a little lighter on that side. Good run, was nearly 60F out with a light breeze, but temp did start to drop when the sun went down. 8 miles in 1:14:31, 9:18 pace. Splits of 9:31, 9:13, 9:20, 9:20, 9:34, 9:27, 9:26 and 8:36. Was feeling good, could have ran harder. Average heart rate was a bit high, 166, but still not too bad. Day off tomorrow then 5 Friday morning.