May 23 - a saddle sore 5K

Well, just sore, really -- calves, achilles, back of knees, thigh fronts, and hip/groin. A month really was too long. Still, little by little. After wrking lateish last night I ended up going out in the dark, a moonless night cool enough to warrant a hat. Did a reverse local 5K, starting past Stop and Shop and then Rt 9 and down to the dump road and back up the hill. The reverse run is prery nice, as you're making a good pace by the time you hit the hil, and you want to fight to keep it up. Here's how it turned out:

Time: 22:43
Speed: 8.47 mph
Distance: 3.21 miles

Comment: well, the figures are nice, but it felt *sore* on my calves and achilles area. Makes me realise that I'd been really plateauing back in the early spring -- no pain, no gain. Well, I think adding speed is probably not quite that easy, but I'll take this reintroduction to soreness not as something to overcome but a reminder of what I'll need to feel if I'm to increase speed average to 8.5 mph -- actually, I want to revise that down a bit, aim for a pace of not 7:00, but 7:10. I think I can do it, even for a half marathon. That's a target of about 1:34. Yosh!