MDay -21 -- Sun. Aug. 30

Feeling tired and stiff, but out for the SRRC run. Again nine people there, on a somewhat cooler morning: Christine D, Savanna, Nick, John, Andy, Jay, Bill, Jim F and me. I was planning on 6-8 easy, per Bill and Andy's advice yesterday. Jay wanted 10, but said he'd add a loop to our 8. Andy and Christine did rail trail out and back, as she's avoiding hard surfaces (apparently at brisk pace: 7:25s). We did an Enfield, starting up OldSpfld -- where Bill and John attacked the hill and I enjoyed the show from a distance. Then down Jabish, long pull up Enfield (Savanna bailed at 9, aiming for a shorter run as she has her first 1/2 next week) w/ Jim, and catch up w/ the others at Brandywine (which they'd sprinted for, natch). Three went down through Sheffield, but Nick joined Jim and me going straight back. Down to 202, over to Allen, on to Hamilton (lost Jim briefly) and along Hamilton, Jackson, Howard (trailing Nick at that point, as he was easing off) and 202 back to Checkers. Looped a bit behind to get to exactly 9 miles, thus:

Time: 1:11:03
Distance: 9 miles
Pace: 7:54s

Comments: we started quite slow, over 8:00s, so it took a few quick miles near the end to make the average sub-8. A solid negative split, and a good set of miles after yesterday. But I'm looking forward to tomorrow's rest/bike ride.