Port Gamble Trails with Aaron. This route is a large swath of logging land, criss-crossed by trails and logging roads. So we just dove in and ran circles for awhile, hitting the main arterials to maintain a sense of where we were, and taking trails where we felt like it. Really nice morning to run, we started at an easy pace (maybe 8/min. mile) and soon sped up. Most of the trails were soft and level, and we were moving fairly well. We hit the parking lot (kind of unexpectedly, actually) a little early, so extended the run out highway 307, which is a somewhat busy road. We spent about 25 minutes out and back, which included up two fairly good hills. On the return route, when we were at about 8 miles or so, we both surged down and up a hill and maintained what I think was around a 6-6:15 pace for the last two miles. Really nice to push like that, especially when you don't intend to but feel good doing it.
All in all a good Saturday run, and puts me at my highest mileage in a long time with 30 this week. My legs and fitness feel great after that amount and stress load, so I'll increase that in the coming week.
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