20 miles. Met Melody and Melanie at AF High School and drove to AF Canyon. I struggled the first 2 miles with my hip/dead leg feeling and stopped to stretch at .75, 1.5 and again at the Timp Cave drinking fountain at 2.25. After that I was warmed up enough to just run. I think it's harder for me to feel good warming up going uphill with this particular problem.
I turned around when I saw Melanie coming down, about a 1/2 mile earlier than I planned. I was able to stay relatively close to her for about 8 miles until I needed to make a bathroom stop along the trail through the golf course. Melody ended where we started at the Canyon and Melanie and I ran down to AF High School. I had to add on .75 around the block at the end to get my 20.
I wish I acurately clocked my pace. I messed up my watch twice, leaving it running when I stopped and the stopping it when I started running. My best guess is an average 7:10 pace.
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