8 mile long run

Well as promised, the legs were not very receptive to doing a long run the day after a pretty hard effort. All things being equal though, I was pretty pleased I was able to get through it all without really having to push myself past the point of being tired. 8 miles is still a pretty serious distance especially considering how much snow and ice are on the ground. I tried to run in the street wherever it was safe, but that left me with about 6 miles of hard packed snow and some slick ice on the sidewalk. I have mentioned that I have not fallen since I started running, and that almost changed today. About 6.7 miles in I came to an intersection with a car approaching a stop sign. I was there well before the car, but as usual, I did not want to take any chances. I started to move to where the back end of the car was located and as I changed direction my left left slipped a bit. I was able to get the right down and lean so I didn't fall down. I realize this is a pretty unremarkable event, but it was about the only real thing that happened on the run. I am trying to keep my pace on the long runs around a 10 minute mile. I think this will help me build up my endurance for when I get to the marathon. My time was 1 hour 19 minutes and 7 seconds, for 8.09 miles or a per 9:46 mile pace. So not a bad run for my first long one. Hope you are all doing well. Thanks for reading!