Evening nine -- Thu. August 23

Wanting to add distance, as there's no time for a Saturday long run this week, so an Enfield, partly also for the hill work. Started gently after a good first mile (doing the Hamilton - Allen start), but thrown off a bit by a large dog (called Einstein!) coming at me on the uphill off 9. Flashlight shone at him (and a loud "Sod off!") distracted him till his careless owner came running out to reclaim him. Annoying, and it messed up a good rhythm, but no harm done. Then the usual route, slow but steady, to the water's edge -- quite a lot of beach there now, as we've hd a lot of dry weather -- and then back down Enfield, round the dealership on 9 and up to the far end of the common. Extended the ending past TownMart to VFW to get an extra bit of distance, stopping the clock at S&S.

Time: 1:09:28
Distance: 9.47 miles
Speed: 8.2 mph

Comment: Though I wanted not to hurry, I did put effort into maintaining speed on the hills. So apart from a couple of 6:50s (first and downhill near end), the range was 7:00s to 7:40s, with no big slowdowns. Now I'm pretty sore in the calf muscles, but it was worth the effort to see the consistency.