Solo Fiver -- Fri. July 4

Gloomy morning, muggy and not too cool (gets up to 80+ deg. later), and a sort of half-hearted early start: still not feeling very well, though being less tired yesterday p.m. I thought I might get a longer run in today. Ah well. Minor cold symptoms, and perhaps general tiredness from the big run eight days ago. Ouf. But at about 8:15 made it off into the intermittent drizzle and looked for a 4-5 mile run: to 9, then VFW, then double back 202 and on to 9 again, and along all the way to Bay, then down to Allen and back up to 9, then back to Bay and down to Hamilton: all in all, a sort of backwards extended Hamilton 5K. The two mini-loops almost got me to 5 miles, and then at the end I did the Greenwich hill loop to get just over 5.

Time: 38:47
Distance: 5.22 miles
Speed: 8.1 mph

Comment: after the first stiff mile, I started to feel really good, but didn't watch pace -- aimed at slow and comfortable. Surprised it was over 8 mph in the end. Still, definitely a maintenance run (if not part of a sort of extended recovery). I'll get my four runs in, but half the distance of last week; maybe an 8 miler tomorrow?