Boston -28 -- Tue. Mar. 23

Rainy day after very rainy night. Work at home a while, then out into rain (right after F hears bad news from home-- this may be last chance to run for a day or three). Head out looking for a ten+ miler, and decide after stretching to do some hills. Up x-country trail (stretched at one mile at foot of trail on GeoHannum) and round to Lake Wallace, hard work but nice despite the rain; then out on to 202 and down all the way to Summit: go up there (heave ho!) and decide, slow start notwithstanding, to aim for 7:30s. At the top of Mountain View start to stretch out on the downhill, picking up pace (and a dead salamander--too bad! it was so big, and not immediately obviously damaged, so I though to shoo it off the road at first) and then at the bottom crossing over to Eskett and continuing at pace: at the one hour mark down already 8.2 miles, so better than pace. Keep going up Boardman, then add a Rural loop, going down geoHannum and round to do Boardman again for a second and final time. Keep pressure on through to 12 miles, then stop clock at rail underpass:

Time: 1:28:18
Distance: 12.15 miles
Pace: 7:16s

Comment: well, a bit sore after this (again forgot to take vit. I in advance), but I got hills and speed both in this. Main goal was a lung workout, and the miles over 10 are a bonus. Still aiming for the last race, Oleksak half, on Sun., after this one last high mileage week.