MHM -98/SRRC -- Sun. July 4

Planning a gentle 8, though game for more, I biked over to DnD to find only Nick there. Waited a bit (in case Rubi appeared), then headed out for a Jabish canal. Gentle pace, indeed, on railtrail to the underpass, then cross to canalside path and head down there, chatting plenty; when we hit 21, pause to stretch, then up 21 and along to OldSpfld, and back along to high school (revitalise flagging Nick w/ some red raspberries, and notice hazels or filberts growing too--to remember for fall!) then out to 202 and push for the end (Nick too), then go past a bit to get a full 8, thus:

Time: 1:06:25
Distance: 8.16 miles
Pace: 8:08s

Comment: a bit short and a bit slow, but it'll do -- aiming for 50 this week, so will need a couple of longer ones still. In the late afternoon, out for a swim at Puffer's pond: once across the narrow bit, for a total of about 250~300 meters. Tiring, but *good* exercise.