SRRC extended Enfield -- Sun. December 14

Slight milding in the weather, sun and temp moving just above freezing probably, though still icy patches on roads. Bill, Andy, Jay, Nick (high school) Eddie G, and Ken all there. Set off and quickly separate into two groups, Eddie me and Ken as caboose for a very gentle first mile. Then as we started into Hamilton, Ken suggested I catch the other guys, so I booked it a bit the length of Hamilton and caught them just at the end. Jay and Nick split off (Nick still building to longer runs, with Jay being the generous coach) and we other three started off towards the Brandywine line. Well, Bill was aiming to go steady (at about 7:15-30s) so I chased Andy, sort of. He made 25 seconds on me over the last hill and following flat. Then we took off again, and I recommended going left down to the water to add a mile or so. We did this, a lovely quiet extra loop, and then stretched out a bit on the downhill to Jabish, where I made a go at getting ahead of Andy this time. Made it up as far as St Francis then Andy surged by. . . He wasn't really trying too hard, as he's doing 17-20 today. Then back to D&D via the high school, with a bit of a push at the end:

Time: 1:20:02
Distance: 10.37 miles
Pace/Speed: 7:43/ 7.77 mph

Comment: this was hard work after a week of no running, but worth the effort. Ran in shorts, but with three layers on top and hat and gloves. Also ate a normal breakfast, as part of the training to mix eating and running more.