Rainy evening Five -- Fri. August 15

After a mid-week camping trip with no running (but a couple of dips in the ocean) and a workaday Friday I got home in time for an evening run, just as the rain really started. Changed and waited, but by 7:40 I chose last daylight over possible dry, and headed out with a waterproof on under my reflector vest (it was too cool to go out with jut a shirt). Headed down GeoHannum and back up towards town, then through the state school and up 202 to the lights at the common, crossed over and down Jabish to the Jeep dealers and back along 9; distance was still a bit short so veered off to add VFW road, and stopped the clock at the big store just after the target of 5 miles:

Time: 34:48
Distance: 5.01 miles
Speed: 8.6 mph

Comment: incredibly sore calves as I started, just painful, but they felt better on the uphill. Breathing felt plenty strong and I seem to have gotten a bit of natural pace back after the incredible slowness I noticed on the BOF day (my warm-up then was 1.7 miles in 14 minutes, and it didn't feel like i was going too easily). Just have to hope the pain moves away as I get back into more weekly miles. Since I won't be able to make the Peach Run on Sunday, this Fiver will have to do me, and at sub-35:00 on a solo run I'm happy enough.