Wakeup 4 miler - Sat. November 10

Wow. Thanks to the Princeton conference, a week of frantic prep and a week of catchup after, I've not run for 14 days. It feels like that's the longest break this year, though I'm not sure. And this with the Monson Half a day away. Ouf! But it was nice even then to get out. Tried to deliberately run at a slow pace, since that's how I'm going to have to do the Monson -- aim for 8 minute mile pace for at least the first 8 miles, as in the first one I did with Mark that time (two years ago?). So, took to the trails off GeoHannum and followed round to the exit on Hamilton, then up to Bay, to Allen, and then along 9 to turn off to VFW (to get a bit more than three miles) and down 202 to home.

Time: 29:54
Distance: 3.93 miles
Speed: 7.9 mph

Comment: okay, that didn't feel bad. I need to aim to be between 7.5 and 8 mph (max.) for the first 8-10 miles. That'll be 1:45 total time -- fair enough for a training run (getting ready for the Snowstorms, I guess!).