Notes
From Ethan Allen north onto North Ave, all the way to bike path then back south to Battery and College. Wow! Soooo easy. I'm dogsitting and I left my shoes back at my house so I wore the bedrock sandals, which aren't great for speed (they slip, but they also just don't feel fast). On the way out there was a headwind and I had to work my legs out to feel relaxed. By about 2 miles in I was feeling quite good. I got my first split on the bike path and hit 2:33. Whoops - it was hard to slow down because there were so many people on the path and it was gorgeous out. I forced myself to ease back to about 5:23 pace then slowly crept back down to close in 5:18, 5:17, 5:14. Not a bad workout at all. I think something clicked on Sunday and I've jumped ahead to another plateau. Can't wait to see what I'm capable of at longer distances (this pace would have been easy to hold for another 5 miles).