Notes
Steve Thompson 8k O/B south on the Mt. Vernon trail from Belle Haven Park. Not a fast trail b/c rough, windy, and some ups and downs, plus at halfway the course goes off the trail briefly with, again, ups and downs. The boardwalk part was actually faster than the asphalt. I went into this fixated on the idea of 6:40 pace, thinking the trail was flatter, but I was forced to slow down a bit in mile 2 but ran some of the ups too hard towards the end of the first half and paid for it. But unlike the 5k last week, this time I didn't fall apart and worked to stay under 7 for miles 4 and 5. Very humid and I started getting cold symptoms yesterday which may also have affected me. Good more sustained effort than I've managed so far.