Evening eight -- Thu. May 27

Wanted one more run before the (possible) mountain race on Sat., so after a long day out around 9 p.m. under a hazy, buttery, full moon -- not too hot, just pleasant, though I carried water out of renewed habit. Fireflies a plenty, too. Road shoes, aiming for minimal hills, so down GeoHannum gently (two miles at 7:45ish) and on out all the way to Stebbins. Keep pace easy, but find next two miles are 7:20ish, so pace will be decent. Run comfortably, not hard; head on to School St. and out to 202, then left and up to Boardman and back in to GeoHannum and thus home. Go past turn off and push to supermarket to get full 8 miles in, with a little burst at the end just for the sake of it:

Time: 59:46
Distance: 8.06 miles
Pace: 7:25s

Comment: felt good once I was warmed up, at about 4.5 miles, and then fairly quickly felt like I was working, from about 6.5 miles. Definitely need some time to get back to distance comfort, but no pressure --yet!