Week 2 11 miler (7:41 mile pace)

Week two long run was 11 miler. Ran 11 miles at 7:41 pace. I ran this on a Monday night after work instead of the weekend due to a bike-brewery tour on Saturday afternoon-evening that sidelined me Sunday. I am titling this run, "Chasing the sunset and fighting the wind." Was running primarily north most of the way and fighting a southerly wind. Ran north on Elliot Bay Trail, did loop around bus depot then up Magnolia Bridge. Miles four and five were steady elevation gain. Dropped over the highest point and coasted into Discovery Park. Beautiful sunny afternoon with lots of people on the trails. Great views of the puget sound with the sun going down. Took gel at about six and half miles. Came out of Discovery Park and ran across train bridge down to Ballard Locks. I smiled at a few people throwing a disc and one of them hucked it to me, great throw where I was able to catch it without breaking my stride, had nice toss back and kept pushing out to Golden Gardens. Was contemplating turning this into a 13 miler, but was pretty wiped when I hit Golden Gardens, lucky Jen was up for picking me up (with Gretchen!).