Happy Thanksgiving to all in the blogosphere!
Didn't get up for the 7 a.m. fun run, so I took advantage of the fact that our family dinner will be this evening to accommodate my med-student nephew to get in a midday run -- OUTSIDE! No treadmill for me today, nosirree.
Had the River Trail to myself from a running standpoint, although I got buzzed by plenty of cyclists as usual. Weather was nice, if a little warmer than I would have liked (around 60), sunny with a bit of a breeze. Ran from the bike rental shop past the quarry and halfway down the hill, then turned around and returned. At the Main Street bridge, I took advantage of the flat grassy area between Broadway and Main and ran my strides there on the grass, eight of them in all, then jogged back to my car. Total 7.95.
It had only been about 14 hours since my VO2 max run, and the legs were still a little tight (lack of prerun stretching didn't help either). But the legs loosened up as I ran. In spite of the early soreness, I maintained sub-9 pace for all seven miles of the initial run without any undue strain. | 