Morning 8 mile stretch -- Sat. July 14

After what ended up feeling like a tough week, a morning leg-stretcher with Ivan for company made a perfect start to the weekend. We did a basic Quabbin loop for the hills and a look at the water (as Ivan noted, a great opportunity for elegant confusion, given extra possibilities when a small flotilla of ducks scattered across the water-sky from the little cove in the bomb-burst pattern used by Red Arrows et al.). So to 9, then allong to Allen, up and over, cross 202 and more Allen, then left all the way to the water, loop around and back down Enfield, over 9 and across the river up to the town common, where we opted for the near end only (there were historic cars on display, a nice bonus -- including a Austin Healey and a TR7, among others) and down the hill to stop at the Quabbin shops. It was hot in the sun, but not too muggy:

Time: 1:05:07
Speed: 7.4 mph
Distance: 8.01 miles

Comment: not a hard run, but a longer distance than Ivan is used to of late, so we headed out to the Roadhouse for a restorative breakfast (joined by F). Just perfect!