SRRC group run -- Sun. February 1

Late again, bringing A along to meet Chris; find a whole mob there: Andy, Jay, Bill, Steve L, the two high-schoolers (Nick and John?), Eddie G, and Ken, plus me made nine. Amazing. As usual, we started out together, and had a dog encounter on Howard at half a mile in. Started again, and all stayed clumped along Jackson, then split into three or four groups -- Andy, Bill and me aiming for about 10-11. Did the same run as last week, but going up the big hill (Barton and Carriage) instead of Summit. Stayed on good pace and ran with the others up the prelims of the hill, but then they pulled away and I was gasping a bit. They waited for me at the top, and then we ran on, down to Summit, right to Turkey Hill and then 21 and right to Old Spfld, then back through the high school. Andy had done 10 miles already, so we figured that we do--I was feeling pretty full of beans at the end and took my turn at pushing the pace for the last mile, and all in all it was a bit faster than the 7:45s I'd planned:

Time: 1:18:10
Distance: 10.56 miles
Pace/speed: 7:24s/8.11 mph

Comment: a sign of numbing leg at about mile 5, but it didn't get bad, so a useful run. Would have been happier with a couple of extra miles, but I'll get them in the week somehow. 25 to go for this week. Beautiful day for running, just around freezing and with lovely sunshine.