So the plan this morning was to go on a nice little family outing, packed up the car with bikes and stroller and drove down to Willow Park with the whole family, Britt pushed Zach in the stroller, Ethan's furthest bike ride was 2 miles before today so he stayed with Britt and Zach and Bradin and I went off ahead. We headed South on the trail, Bradin and I went out to the Lake and turned around, on the way back I had him pace me at a just sub 6:00 pace for about 2 miles, it was very cold this morning so things were a little bit tight and achy. When we got back to Willow Park Britt and the kids were already in the car trying to warm up, Bradin wimped out on me and got in the car too. They asked if they should meet me at Maverik and I told them no I'd just run home. I forgot how far home it was, and how big of a hill I live on so the last 4 miles of the run were pretty brutal. My easy 12 mile run with the family turned into a pretty hard 15 miler, felt more like 22 honestly, with all the short fast runs I've done lately 15 felt like eternity. Pretty happy to get it done, I'm really quite sore in places I didn't know I was sore, the cold and the hills really brought it out. 15 miles in 1:47:30 7:10 avg pace. This was a really fun week of running, never felt like I over did it, I'm not following a schedule or anything, I just kind of did what my body felt like doing every morning. That's probably how most of you already are but it's kind of a new concept to me.
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