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Down the hill to Soos Creek trail for an out and back. AP 8:19

8:14 / 8:37 / 7:00?? / 8:15 / 8:35 / 8:17 / 8:32 / 8:25 / 9:04 (uphill) / 8:06

Light rain for most of the run. We've had heavy rains the last couple of days so the Soos Creek trail has water over it in a couple of places. At one spot I had to wade through 6-8 inches of water for about 20 yards (twice). I am so accustomed to running completely wet from head to toe.

Hilly Lake Youngs Trail. No Garmin so I just timed it. Around 9:10 pace.

Started out nice but started to rain about 3 miles in. It was muddy by the time I got to the east side of the trail. Rained hard for the next 6 miles. I love finishing completely drenched with mud up to my knees.

Group run @ Lake Youngs.

Ron and I arrived late so we missed the main group.  When we started down the trail we couldn't see the main group so they had atleast a 6-7 minute head start on us. It's always great to run this hilly trail with a faster runner. First couple of miles were pretty slow to warm up. Then Ron picked things up. We ended up catching the main group just past mile 7. This variation of the run ends with a long uphill (about half a mile). Steeper at the bottom then tapering at the top. Ran the hill well tonight. Finished strong. AP: 8:43 9:13 / 9:04 / 8:44 / 8:35 / 8:35 / 8:00 / 8:30 / 8:26 / 8:36 / 7:29 (last .35 timed).

Group Run @ Cedar River Trail

Rather tired this morning. Haven't done this many miles in a week for a long time. Only planned on doing 10-12 but after 5 miles on the outbound leg our large group had dwindled to just 3 of us. Thomas convince me to continue to Landsberg Park.

Outbound 7 miles AP: 8:50 9:29 / 8:44 / 8:56 / 8:43 / 8:30 / 8:42 / 8:52. A little disappointed we were so slow. I am always surprise by how slow the 1st mile is because the first 2 miles have a gentle downhill incline except for one very short downhill near the end of mile 2.

Inbound 7 miles: AP: 8:29 8:38 / 8:26 / 8:30 / 8:21 / 8:35 / 8:36 (always try to run this return uphill faster than the outbound downhill mile 2) / 8:27.