Catchup Post: runs this past week (July 7~July 13)

Now I'm back and trying (unsuccessfully) to get up to my 40 miles p/w average, there's a lot to write. I've just spent a while doing the UK backposts, so this will be a list to bring me almost back to the present -- then I can go back to one run per post.

July 7 - -long Quabbin run, intended as an 18-20 miler, but called the rescue angel after 14 thanks to deerfly trouble and general weariness. I'll get the whole run done next week, I hope, especially now that I know the first bit of the route better. No GPS, but tracked on Google Earth.
Time: 1:58:54
Speed: 7.28 mph
Distance: 14.43 miles

July 8 - -short run with a weary Mark (brush cutting and swimming already on this muggy day) along Amethyst Brook's flatter trails. Distance estimated again.
Time: 27:34
Speed: 6.5 mph
Distance: 3 miles

July 10 - -NoHo 5K X-country race, my first attempt. This is a tricky course, and I'm looking forward to doing it again. Ivan was there, as were several other familiar faces (including LFM and her younger son, practicing for the NHS track team -- excellent!). Digivice back in action again, finally, though I didn't se it to time me, stopping it only when Ivan crossed the line. Still, the times etc. are posted on CoolRunning (came in 12 out of about 50):
Time: 21:18
Speed: 8.75 mph
Distance: 3.1 miles

July 12 - -campus laps, a new 5-mile variant with Mark and Ivan for company. Met at the V center at 7:00 and went clockwise round as usual, but then on pasing the Newman kept straight in towards town, doubling back at East Pleasant to take the gentle hill up to the intersection with Eastman Lane, then down that to rejoin the campus loop and back to our start point. Took a break, and the others headed home then I went out for a second lap of the same, slightly quicker. Good stretch, and I was well later that night. Times combined here:
Time: 1:16:41
Speed: 7:87 mph
Distance: 10.06 miles

July 13 - -short run to stretch sore legs, late on Friday evening. Did my Hamilton 5K route, but added a VFW at the end to bring it over 4 miles. Just me and the fireflies on a cloud-lit gorgeous summer night:
Time: 29:32
Speed: 8.3 mph
Distance: 4.1 miles

That was the week.