Start time: 05/12/06, 6:30pm
Location: W&OD Trail
Distance: 5 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 6:1
Average pace: 9:14min/mile

It’s been a while since I’ve run a 5-miler for a maintenance run… apparently the last one was just over two months ago when I was in Florida. Yeesh!

Anyway, it was a nice day, and while my allergies seemed to really be drying me out I decided that now was the time. The first mile, unsurprisingly, was a little fast (8:57) but the second seemed to be as well (9:08). I was bracing myself for the inevitable Mile 3 Slowdown, but even it wasn’t too bad (9:29). As I continued to head back I kept waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop, but it never did (9:20, 9:16). Considering the second half is uphill, I was quite happy with that. Really, a genuinely nice run.

Well, except for deciding to eat a gel because I felt like I was on an empty stomach and the entire Carb Boom shot out of the packet in one big blob that made me feel like I’d just swallowed a gigantic ball of snot. Mmmmmm, yum! Isn’t running fun?

Anyway, a nice run and a bit of a confidence booster to boot. The one strange thing? Running on a Friday. Now I don’t have running logs for November or December 2004, but I’m pretty sure that the last time I ran on a Friday was in October 2004. And in my May through October training season it was the only time I did so. This may be the second time I’ve ever run on a Friday! Oh, the difference of not having a run scheduled for Saturday mornings…