Club run -- Sun. Nov. 15

Arrived a tad after ten after phoning home, to find Andy with Yarrow outside, and Jay, Bill, Nick, and Christine (from Smith) inside. Jay's decided to rest his injury long-term now, so he didn't run, but chatted; Ken arrived shortly after, and we decided on a 6-8 group (Andy. Christine and Nick) and a 10 (me, Ken and Bill). Warm, but no rain now: along the puddled trail we go all together, Ken and Nick getting their new shoes mudded up. I slipped sideways into a big puddle, mud up my shorts, but not too cold (!) and no harm done. At the underpass, we three bailed out on the others and headed down NoWash and on to SoWash, then left at Barrett; all the way across to Bardwell and back up to NoLib and then back up all the way to the trail again; good 7:40s ish pace for the first hour, then on the trail picked up pace a bit, getting sub 7:00 for over a mile, coming in finally thus:

Time: 1:19:32
Distance: 10.54 miles
Pace: 7:33s

Comment: good to get muddy sometimes, and this was a perfect day to be out running (never mind that it's halfway through November, and I want to see some ice and snow!). Pretty sore after, and tired, but nothing unusual -- good hard workout. Wore alternate backup shoes (grey ones), which seem to squash one toe; time to get a new pair, very soon!