Boston -61 -- Thu. Feb. 18

Thought I'd try 13-14 again, but somehow didn't want hills, and the trails were soggy (snow on Tuesday, but mild and even sunny warm now). Found an extension of the Chicopee road route that worked nicely: down GeoHannum to Boardman as usual, then cross 202 to Chic. road and on to the end, but go left instead of right, and then take Kendall that leads back to 202 past Dufresne; then left a bit on busy 202, before taking Lyman then North then Easton to eventually arrive at Batchelor, just where it forks; go right, all the way along, past Harris Mt Rd and then left to the end of GeoHannum; follow that home, but divert briefly to NESFA to make sure I get the 14 miles. Have to run all the way up GeoHannum still, to the development entrance, thus:

Time: 1:44:14
Distance: 14.01 miles
Pace: 7:26s

Comment: started out wanting an average run, maybe 7:45s, but the weather was so nice (mainly -- into the wind it was still hat and coat time, so I was taking off and puting on hat all through) that I picked up a bit, and once settled, aimed for 7:30s. A tad slow at the hour mark (7:31s) but good enough, and I was into a steady pace of sub-7:20s then, so by the end I'd picked up the average. Fastest mile was 7:12, though the last 3/4 mile was at faster pace, 6:45.

So, good solid work -- but achilles and other bits pretty sore from earlier in the week. Also it being an all road run didn't help. Would be good to get that fifth weekly run in, and do some 8-10 milers, but at the moment I can't see it. Not sure what I'll do Sat. -- 10K? Or tempo at home?