Notes
I drove to Lion's Bridge for a long run loop that I was hoping to be around 15 miles. I put on my headphones only to hear "charge me." There went my plans of enjoying a 2 hour podcast on the recent US track champs. But the Lord of Long Runs rewarded me in other ways as the whole morning was unexpectedly overcast. I'll take that trade.
I felt pretty good from the start. I got through downtown, used a bathroom at the right time, crossed paths with some high school runners. For the only decent hill of the today, a group of older cyclists came up on my shoulder, but only 2 of them got by me. This got me a bit jazzed up and started trending under 7 min miles.
I turned into Hiawatha and soon was in territory I hadn't ran before. As suspected, there were no sidewalks for several stretches, but I was fine either running in the ditch or off the road in some grass. I tempo-ed the final mile in under 6 minutes and only needed to add about less than a half mile.