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Saturday Aug 19, 2017 #
7 AM
Run long 3:20:06 [1] 23.4 mi (8:33 / mi) +59m 8:29 / mi
I had this idea for a while, to take the Red Line as far south as it goes, and run back north. I found some friends to come with, took the train south, and we started running north.
The south side was interesting, not somewhere I spend a lot of time. Some broken glass, one CPD officer checking on a bum, and nothing much else. We had someone give us drinks at mile 10, and started going faster with a smaller group at mile 14. It was pretty warm at this point, and the next 10 miles were fast, but it got struggly, even drinking. We stopped at a Whole Foods, filled a liter of water, and I decided that I'd stop at Howard both because 23.5 seemed to be enough and because if I ran the rest it was going to be nip-and-tuck to get to the airport for my flight.
Good long run, seven weeks before Chicago. It will be nice to do this when it's cooler. Super fun run, and my strava track looks like a red line …
The south side was interesting, not somewhere I spend a lot of time. Some broken glass, one CPD officer checking on a bum, and nothing much else. We had someone give us drinks at mile 10, and started going faster with a smaller group at mile 14. It was pretty warm at this point, and the next 10 miles were fast, but it got struggly, even drinking. We stopped at a Whole Foods, filled a liter of water, and I decided that I'd stop at Howard both because 23.5 seemed to be enough and because if I ran the rest it was going to be nip-and-tuck to get to the airport for my flight.
Good long run, seven weeks before Chicago. It will be nice to do this when it's cooler. Super fun run, and my strava track looks like a red line …