Weekday morning 5 miles - Thu, Dec 28

Not early morning, of course, but the best I could manage for right now. Given the ice and frost I'm glad I wasn't out too early: this way at least the sun was doing its best to keep me from freezing. I wanted a hilly trial run and I got one. It's amazing how big a gap there is between running the course in your head (last night) and doing the real dong -- romp up this hill, charge along the flat, I think, and then gasp and stagger when virtual becomes actual. But I hope I'm smiting the cold and the winter funk that seems to have a grip on me (malgre the fact that there IS no winter this year, it seems). Entered the trails directly, over the stream, then round the loop and down the hill to the rail trail, along to Bay, and up to 9 via Allen; back down past Tilton's to the trail entrance and charge/stagger up the hillside, then follow the trail out on to Allen and cross over to 202, then home around the Neverclose shop, stopping the clock at just over five and a half. Thus:

Time: 45:08
Speed: 7.72
Distance: 5.81

Comments: feeling out of practice in the immediate sense, but -- in this third year of running now -- much more aware of how things are working for me, more experienced; like I know what I'm doing a bit. The feedback from the digivice and the races has really helped, though I think I'd be a lot further along if I trained with any regularity. I just can't do the early morning thing unless there's someone else involved, it seems. Maybe I should try asking around and see if anyone's interested . . .