Boston -92 -- Sun Jan. 17

Up early, so hungry again by 9:30: with a long run in mind eat small second breakfast, then get to DnD to find Jay (still not running), Bill, and Rob L., then Ken too. Smith indoor track this evening, so Rob not looking for too much; Bill w/ dodgy hip, and Ken out of practice, so an 8-10 is chosen, leaving me to do my extra five later. We decide on a reverse Enfield, and start off nice and easy, chatting variously. Cold-ish, but for the first time in many Sundays I have no windjacket on, just two layers, plus hat, gloves, and short. Through high school, back up to town center, down Jabish and start up Enfield. Ken flags a bit, and I drift ahead to catch the other two; mention plan to run down to the water, so Bill suggests he run w/ Ken and I go on w/ Rob who's game for the extra. We do that and the pace settles into the 7s; down to the water, along the trail (which is mainly okay) and back up the hill, finding this adds two miles to the route. Pace up further, to low 7s, and we go on w/ Allen, down across 202, up and over to Hamilton, clocking a sub-7, then back through the state school to base. Brief stop there for me, then out again to do extra loop proposed by Bill (modified by me to add trail!): 202 to Howard, but take railtrail to Jackson, cross and rail trail to GeoH, then past development to 9, right to 202 and right up to common, going left around common and through town hall car park then down OldSpfld to rail trail again and finish along trail; penultimate mile is a sub-7. Combined data:

Time: 1:56:14
Distance: 15.27 (10.44 + 4.83)
Pace: 7:37s

Comment: this ended up feeling quite okay, not a stress, but I was hungry then sleepy--slept an hour+ once I got home and settled. Good to be building up to longer runs, though I'll need to start doing double-outings to get miles soon. Good start for the week's mileage, and a day off tomorrow.