Notes
Blech. Our first major run post-RAVE, and this is a tough one - Although I've got the workings of a nice cold going on, both M and I definitely labor through this course, and it seems we genuinely spend as much time walking as in actual running. Congestion and the weight in my chest start wearing me down around River Bend Cemetery, but unbeknown to me, as I'm contemplating at which point I'll be dropping out, M's struggling to keep going with tightness/heaviness in her legs, too. When she begins walking on the first Winnapaug Road hill, it's divine intervention for me, and the frequent walks from there on out definitely help me recover - Even to the point that it's MY strength on the run's second half that helps bring us on home. Not a fantastic run by any discernible standards ("We walked the hell out of this course!) but our times really aren't horrible (all things considered,) it is a gorgeous day to be out, and there's no one I'd rather be spending it with...