Notes
Long Run (Hilly)
41 degrees. Ran the 2 loops of the old South Park Turkey Trot course plus some xtra. It was about 47 degrees around the South Pk mall, but when I would run down Barclay Downs it was 5 to 6 degrees cooler. This was a hilly/rolling course so goal was to feel strong up the various hills, and then run hard up Runnymeade and Sharon on the second loop. First long run in three weeks (because of injury) and this felt good as I controlled pace throughout. On the second loop, ran on the sidewalks on the other side of the street to give me "another look" so as not to get bored. I started to quicken pace going up Runnymeade from Colony, watch beeped at mile 9 ascending Runnymeade near Sharon, and once I got across to Sharon began pushing the pace up for the next mile. After this, throttled back pace. Mile 10 felt quicker than a 7:47 (I laughed when I saw the split) but this is probably due to: (1) the prior pace was slow; (2) haven't run a long run for a while so legs may have been more tired than I expected.