First post-M run -- Sat. Sept. 26

Felt recovered enough by Wednesday to want to run, but too busy at work to get home for more than eat and sleep and back again, so finally today I got out for my first run. Lovely cool and dry autumn day, and figured I'd do 8 or more, but no route planned. Started down GeoHannum, stopped att the waterworks to do stretches (Achilles still sore, though not as bad as I feared they would be when I was running mile 24...) then up into the woods and across to Wallace pond--good hill workout, and warm up, too. Out on to 202, then cross to 21 and head all the way along to Jabish Canal; left into that trail and right through to 181, then follow road up to town, but peel off on to OldSpfld to avoid B'Town Fair traffic, heading finally along the rail trail back all the way to the development. Stop clock as I cross Jackson, thus:

Time: 1:18:26
Distance: 10.33
Pace: 7:36s

Comment: various bits hurt at various levels--sore on soles of feet, ankle tendons all sore, but breathing and (until the very end) back and arms feeling great. Hamstrings a bit tender, but most noticeable was pain in calves from mile 4 or so. Partly this was from teh hilly start, maybe, but also from the accumulated three weeks of minimal running (except, weirdly, a marathon!). Still, very happy to be back into just running, and the pace was good too -- enough of slow running for a while. Just one sub-7:00 mile today, but there'll be more. Tomorrow, even.