2/24/12 (Friday) Run

Today I ran 17.25 miles in 2:11:07, hitting the 17 mile mark in 2:08:54.  I ran the first 7 miles mostly at 7.5 mph but at the end of the 1^st, 3^rd and 6^th mile increased it to 8.3 mph for last quarter mile.  At the beginning of mile 8, I increased it to 8.7 mph for 5.25 miles, then decreased to 7.5 mph until mile 15 wherein I increased to 8.4 mph for .5 miles and then decreased to 7.5 mph for the next mile, then for that final half mile I increased by .1 mph.  Then at the beginning of the 17^th mile I decreased to 7.1 mph for .25 miles to start my cool-down.