Thursday - run 8.5 miles

I got to run immediately after school today. It started raining right before I ran. Both factors played into my 7.20 1st mile. I was so liberated in knowing I had plenty of time to run and the rain cooled things down and was exhilerating in itself. I ran 5 miles at a 7.46 pace. Stopped hydrated/walked for about 12 mins then ran 3.5 more. Three loops that I ran in negative progression. My last loop (~1.15 miles) was a 7.21 pace. My pace for the last 3.5 was 7.50. Total mileage pace was 7.47. This was probably my best run in the last 18 months. I was probably anaerobic most of the way but I was not uncomfortable at all (except for my wet feet - the rain stopped after about 1.5 miles, after that, it was kind of miserable being wet and humid).