Start time: 10/03/05, 6:00pm
Location: W&OD Trail
Distance: 5 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 5:1
Average pace: 11:00min/mile
Mark and I decided we were ready to get back into the saddle yesterday, so after a short stroll to warm up, we were off. “Let’s just get distance and not worry about time,” we said. “There’s no need to aim for 11min/miles.”
Ha ha ha ha ha. Our finishing time? 54:57. I don’t think we’ve ever gotten so on the dot closer to an 11min/mile average. Lots of chatting about books, future marathon plans, and this-and-that. (Splits: 11:24, 11:04, 11:14, 10:59, 10:14.) We certainly looked (and felt!) a little stiff at the beginning, but by the end we were definitely back in the groove.
and it was a gorgeous day to be out there . . .
That it was!
Did you also notice that there seemed to have been a lot of really fit people out on the trail? My personal theory is that it’s a bunch of people brushing up on their running before the marathon; Mark was thinking maybe it was just the fantastic weather. Either way, though… wow. I’d kill to look like some of the people who were out there yesterday.
Yes, it was a great big sea of hot people out there. My biggest gripe was people using poor etiquette on the trail. A couple of times, I found myself getting frustrated and opting for the hilly parts of the trail to avoid people.