Out to Maumelle today to run with the Crackheads. Tom and Hobbit are just back from Spain and were leading the motley crew again. Normally I don't run well at Maumelle, and we always seem to catch some weird weather, usually humid, but today wasn't too bad. It was about 70, bit of a breeze. Still good sweating weather but not intolerable. Plan was to run 8, and I started out slowly. Got to the turnaround point and the Garmin said 4.36. I said if I'm gonna run 8.72 I might as well make it 9, so I kept going across the boulevard, then turned around and came back. Tried to push the pace more on the return trip per usual, and U think I did so. Got back and the Garmin read 9.04 in 1:24 and change. Not a bad run for two weeks after a marathon and 12 hours after a treadmill hill run. I did feel some discomfort in the right hip, but not where I thought I would have hurt after a hill run. Was able to push through it, and now after my nap the hip doesn't seem to hurt, so not sure what that was about. Anyway, back up to 25 miles this week. Start my 5K training plan , maybe, next week. | 