Fly on the Wall

Wooo Hoooo it is almost 43 degrees, the sun is shinning, and the air is clean.  I only wish I could have run longer.  About 7:3? pace.  

Another great day for a run. 10 ez on JRP. Started slow and built some speed.  1st mile 8:50, last mile 7:46, ave pace 8:11. 

5 recovery pace on JRP. 

Living vicariously...  You never know what you'll see on the JRP.  The fast guy at work was heading out when we were heading in.  He was flying!  Then a bit latter an even faster guy flew past us!  I later asked the fast guy who said he was running at about a 5:47 pace!  Amazing but a good 30 seconds slower than marathon pace for the other guy we saw.  I guess it's all relative.  

5 miles on JRP.  WOW what an amazing day.  45 degrees, sunshine, no wind, clean air.  I can't believe it's the dead of winter!

Tried to keep up with the fast guy, who was at recovery pace. 1st mile no Garmin tracking, 7:06, 7:11, 6:44, 6:59 (included stopping for gate to open and car at street crossing).  Ave pace probably under 7:00.  

I've a ton to do to get ready for our trip, so didn't run as long or far as I  would have liked....  To save some time I ran out on pavement and back on trail.  Downtown, Memory Grove, and 11th Ave to Dry Creek then back on BST.  10:16 ave pace.  It's been so warm that there is quite a bit of mud, but also a lot of very slushy snow, which is really fun to run on.