8 Mile Run

8 miles up at the lake, running to the south end, then through the woods, then back through the woods around around past the restaurant then out on the spur and back. Ran moderately hard, but not too hard. Decided to run hard the final mile to see what I should expect to do on Thursday. The 8 min/mile pace felt all right, should be able to do it Thursday. Splits of 10:01, 9:29, 9:16, 9:22, 9:26, 9:20, 9:20 and 7:59, total time of 1:14:13, average pace of 9:16, AHR of 157. Decent temperature, ran in shorts, but there was a bit of a wind from the south.