Still not completely over the crud yet, but felt good enough to venture over to the AC for a late, fast 5-miler. Started at 9:15, had to finish before closing time at 10. Ran the first 3.75 at sub-9 pace, bumped it to 7:53 for the last 1.25. Finished with a minute-22 to spare :) Legs felt a little tight (I've been lax on my stretching lately) but had no problem maintaining pace and then accelerating. I'll finally go over 1400 miles for the year tomorrow, I think. It's taken me four weeks to get 100 miles, and that included 26.2 in Newport. But I think I'm ready to step up the training a bit once I'm over this URI. May not be ready to run fast on the 4th, but maybe at Dam Night. | 