Start time: 6/28/03, 6:00am
Location: W&OD Trail
Activity: Running
Distance: 6 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 3:1
Average pace: 14:00min/mile

Not too terribly much to report this week! The rain momentarily let up this week, and after some hot days earlier in the week the temperature dropped just in time for this Saturday’s run. It’s just a six mile run this week, to let people recover from last week’s 12-miler and not injure themselves.

Of course, sometimes fate has other ideas. We were about three-quarters of the way through when John tripped on a bridge (the boards bounce up a little bit when we run over them, and his toe caught the board on an upwards bounce) and went flying. The poor guy landed right on one of his knees, and he ended up having to walk the last mile and a half back in. We’d all been thinking about what a great run this week was, and how well everyone was doing, so that will teach us to all get a little too secure!

Still, otherwise, a nice jaunt out and back, and perfectly on pace. (And as an added bonus, a pace group below us that’s been running too fast and passing us these last two weeks got lectured by the coach about going the correct pace. Not that it will stop them, I’m sure, but I’m glad they were told. It can be discouraging when a group that’s supposed to be slower keeps passing you!)