Longer, slower -- Sat. May 8

Thunder and lightning, heavy showers after a stormy night, so a trail run looked set to be a mud run. Fair enough: headed out late morning, down as usual now to the Wallace pond trail; stretch there, then up a bit, but head off on the Underwood lane, and out to 202; left to the courthouse, then across to 21 and over behind the gym to come out at CHCS, then up 202 again to DnD, and onto the rail trail. Along as far as the underpass, then NoWash to the cut back into the trail at the car place; round the furthest link and then back up the trail to NoWash again; feet a bit soggy by now, so decide to finish by road: up into town center, then along common (calling R on mobile as I run, since I'll be late for lunch) and down 202 as usual to 9 and home. Stop clock just entering development, thus:

Time: 1:24:50
Distance: 11.14 miles
Pace: 7:37s

Comment: aiming for a bit slower today, and the mix of terrain plus tiredness kept me from changing mind too much, despite the challenge of the clock. Figured it would be 7:45s, but by the last road bit I was flowing nicely--though still lots of soreness in quads, and right achilles tight. Step by step, I guess, and lots more sleep.