The official cross country season has begun, on two fronts!
1. I ran in long sleeves for the first time this fall two nights ago. It was a great run, with cool temps (thus, the the long sleeves) inspiring me to a 5.5 mile trail run with some rolling hills at an alarmingly fast (and surprisingly easy) 7:58/mile average pace. Typical runs of late, especially in the summer, have been 8:30 to 9 minute pace. The surprising thing about this run, although when I started I said to myself "let's see if we can run a bit faster today" was how good it felt.
2. I am planning to run a 5K trail race this Saturday. This is the same race that I "won" last year, by virtue of the first place guy participating on a Father/Son team, and thus was not eligible for the overall trophy. Not sure if I'm quite in the same condition as last year, but we shall see!
Mark
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