I ran 25 K on a treadmill. I was supposed to run 20 miles today, but it will have to wait until I run with Catherine next week. I'll just tack on a few extra to our 16. I wanted to run outside this morning, they sky had cleared the temperature was perfect, but I never lived in this town and I don't know my way around Temuco. It's a bigger town than any that we've visited so far (Puerto Montt, Valdivia, Osorno, Los Lagos). I meant to write this down last week about running out into the Isla -- the cool weather or the rest, or something was giving me an extra lift. I'd run 7 miles before I looked at my Garmin to notice I'd been averaging 9's. All this summer, I just resigned to the fact that I'm not accostomed to running back to back marathons and that out of sheer exhaustion, I was resigned to running 9:40's the rest of the summer. But that cool weather and the excitement of running by the ocean and being in a new place had me sailing right along. Running on the treadmill just isn't the same, but it got the job (at least part of the job done). Just two more days of shorter runs that I can do around town. Those will be fun to find a few miles around here and enjoy looking at Temuco on foot. | 