Missed Half, & recovery run -- Sat. October 11

Monday after the last entry I got a sore throat and on Tuesday it was a real cold; managed not to take a day off work, but no running; very tired and croaky. Had to miss the Hartford Half-marathon today, alas, but I was in no shape -- and since Mark couldn't make it for his own work reasons, I had no real justification even for being there in this condition. But even yesterday I felt a bit better, and today I tried a short outing after taking R to his soccer game in Chicopee (different field this week). I'd mapped out a course, very pleasant again on a beautiful 70 degree October noon. Basically I went out from Litwin Field to Burnett, then left along to New Lombard, left along there to West, left along there to Coolidge, and back to the start, thus:

Time: 37 minutes
Distance: 5.19 miles
Speed: 8.42

Comment: of course, I managed to forget my digivice, so the timing was to the minute not second, and the distance is from MapMyRun. Calves a little sore at the end, but overall, it felt good.