Boston -116 -- Thu. Dec. 24

Spent all morning cleaning house, and ended up with a sore back. Nicely mild day, just above freezing, and eventually a bit sunny. Headed out about noon, aiming for 8-10, a reverse Enfield like Sunday. Started on GeoHannum, then Jackson, then Howard, then under 202 and through to the trail out to HS drive, then back up OldSpfld and across to Jabish; pushed on the trail bit, so relax on the downhill, then start up Enfield: aiming for a negative split, so keep it to 7:40 ish. Then start trying to keep pace up a bit, heading down to water's edge, round the trail and back up--hard work, but mainly enjoying it. Keep pace solid (7:15 ish) to about top of Allen hill, then with two to go aim for sub-7:00's. Down to 202, along to VFW, sprint across 9 and push to almost the development:

Time: 1:13:23
Distance: 10.03 miles
Pace: 7:19s

Comment: solid negative split, FTW. Last two miles 6:33 and 6:29. Sore enough afterwards, but (I hope) good training!