SRRC run -- Sun. Nov. 1

The extra hour of sleep seemed to go by in no time at all--arrived at Dunkin's and it still felt like 10 a.m. (lectored at 8, so busy start). Joged the half mile loop to warm up, then joined Jay, Andy, Bill, and Nick inside. Noone else showed up; Jay was not running, so we four headed out together through the high school and then back uphill into town, starting a reverses Enfield. Steady slow pace at first, but on Enfield Nick slowed down and the others picked up; I tried to stay with them, which was a good workout especially as Andy surged towards the Brandywine line. Then they turned off to do the hill climb route, and I went back to join Nick again, and we ran together as far as Hamilton; he slowed a bit and I slowed too, but as we hit Jackson I heard voices and thought it was Andy and Bill, so I took off to try and stay ahead. They closed fast, but then I realised they were cyclists (!) but I was moving fast by then so I pushed the final whole mile and ended up with a 6:41, then slowed down and jogged to the end, thus:

Time: 1:10:52
Distance: 9.18 miles (plus 0.5 warmup)
Pace: 7:43s

Comment: a beautiful day -- could have gone t-shirtless even (Andy did). This was both a bit longer and harder than I'd planned, but enfin I felt pretty good, and this should serve well as miles for the Monson prep. Yo~sh!