Boston -37 -- Sun. Mar. 14

The day clocks changed, and we all needed sleep, so missed 8 a.m. and went to 10:30, thereby missing the SRRC run. Headed out for my own run later, keeping in mind that I then had to drive Ninja girl back to college: decided to do a tougher shorter run, rather than a long slow. First went out for the extra bit I missed on yesterday evening with F (unclocked), then off for a reverse Jucket HIll run. Out to cross 9, past VFW, then up 202 all the way to Munsell, in and up to Knight's Pond, then back across 202 and into the Quabbin, down to Jucket Hill lane and up and over that one all the way to rejoin Allen, then Enfield and across 9 to haul up Jabish before finishing down 202 and round to stop clock just by the supermarket, thus:

Time: 1:38:22
Distance: 13.18 miles
Pace: 7:28s

Comment: with a total climb of 780-some feet, and similar descent, this was challenging: started gently but then decided to go for 7:30s, which meant picking some faster miles to make up for the uphills. Ended up with three sub-7:00s, including mile 13, which left me a bit pounded at the end, but okay. Still grappling with this cold, but determined to keep at it. Nice day for running, though there were a few patches of icy snow still on the trail over the big hill, and Knight's pond was still ice/sluch covered.