Longer run than I expected for this morning, especially after a very fitful night of sleep and the sense of illness coming on. I knew Mike had been thinking about 18, and this other guy Henry wanted to join us, but after four hours of sleep I planned to bail on them halfway or something. But I got there, the dawn was nicer than I though, and my body gave me the big 10-4. So we went out Beach Drive to the 9 mile-mark past Manchester, turned around and came back. Mike and I turned near the end and added another mile (actually, he added two to hit 20). No watch, just went with what felt right. We were around 7:20 pace for most of the miles, but I don't have splits. For the week after a half I'm pretty fresh, no problems until just the usual breakdown on the last two. And that wasn't even too bad, just some fatigue. My back did a weird thing on the drive home and really stiffened up, and it kind of hurts along my spine when I sit. Odd, we'll see how that plays. I've had a small pain on one of my vertebrae here and there lately, usually after a run. Not constant pain, or even sharp, but I'm trying to stay aware and cautious. A trip to the chiropracter may not be a bad idea.
No long run next week, but hopefully more workouts and a bit more mileage to get over 40. I'll probably race again next Sunday, there's a trails run up north and those are good folks who put them on. It'd be nice if it didn't snow this time around.
supernova glide -- 85
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