Worked from 6:30 to 11, then tried to take a nap (unsuccessfully), then we met T for a late Mexican lunch, then I fixed our leaky washer. Only then did I get a chance to run. Started at 4:15 at the Mud Creek trailhead. Down Mud Creek to Scull Creek, then to Frisco Trail. At the end of Frisco, turned right on to MLK and headed for campus. Turned up Garland and ran up the hill behind T's dorm (calling him as I did so, and he saw me running out his dorm window). Wound around campus, back down Razorback to MLK (only then reaching the halfway point) and back out MLK to the end of Frisco. Then returned from whence I came. When I got back to the car, the Garmin read 18.9. So, being the OCD I am, I kept going, 0.55 up Old Missouri and west on Joyce, then turned around and ran back to the car. A little extra loop around the parking lot at the trailhead left me at 20.06 in 2:57. A definite negative split -- first 13 miles were a little over 9:00 pace, last 7 were well under 9, and some of it approximated GMP.
A pretty darn good 20 mile run, IMO, especially given that I worked both days this weekend and went to the football game and did a few other things other than run both days (which I also did). | 