9:38 AP, which would have been lower, but I ran up "goliath hill" and my first mile was 12:01. While I ran, I counted and tried to name all the kinds of flowers/bulbs blooming. There were boys riding their girlfriends around fast on their motorcycles, carloads of teenagers who always honk and hang out of their windows to give me a high five, and lots of walkers. I ran past so many people's houses I used to know including one of my cross country friend's from high school Lisa Rowberry. Lisa and Heidi Hughes were the fastest girls on the team. Lisa in particular I remember because she always ran double the mileage we were supposed to, double the work outs, and she rubbed pure DMSO on her legs. Because of this, her breath always smelled of garlic. It's still not clear to me why she did that. Heidi was more naturally talented and took 3rd in state with a 17-18 minute 5K. But Lisa was hardcore. I wonder what happened to Lisa Rowberry and her bottle of DMSO. | 