Friday evening 7 miler - Aug 18

Managed to stay at work until nearly 6, then jumped into the hot car and headed up Pelham to the old church car park. Stretched a bit (not enough?) and headed off on the loop route I've done lots before. Thought it was a bit longer than 7.1, but oh well. Aimed at good speed the first couple of miles, but then the uphill took its toll and I really faded. Picked up a bit whenever I met company (a biker who I chatted briefly with and a couple of other runners); the final third is pretty solid downhill, and I got some good pace there. Here's the overall:

Time: 53:53
Speed: 7.9 mph
Distance: 7.09 miles

Comment: well, speed doesn't come at will, and fade happens. It's definitely a good trail to do--starting and finishing on rough surface and steep up and down, with long straights up hill and downhill, and the ncie rough loop at the top. But I thought I could do it at over 8. That's going to have to be a training target...