Notes
Stretch
Mary biked next to me. I felt a little stiff at the start b/c I had been awake for 20 minutes before I started to run. I loosened up around 30 minutes. About 40 min in...around the Lowes Creek Rd, it started to POUR. The drops were the size of quarter and it was a very cold, refreshing rain. It rained like that for maybe 10 minutes off and on. A grroup of kids @ the Kwik Trip on Golf Rd yelled "Run Forest Run"....I just waved. After the rain had stopped, the sun came out and made it hot as hell. It started to get more and more humid and hot as the run continued.
The 2nd half of the run went by alot faster than the 1st, which was a good thing b/c I only felt OK @ 50 minutes. With about 2.5 miles to go, I could feel my arms tightening up and my stride was getting choppy. Mary kept reminding me to relax my arms. It felt like I was finishing my 5k @ the conference meet....minus the hard breathing and the pain.
Overal it was the farthest and longest I had run so far..and it felt good.