Start time: 8/14/07, 7:15am
Location: Washington & Lee High School
Distance: ~4.75 miles
Average pace: 9:25min/mile & 7:00min/mile

In the “planning to do this for ages” category, for this morning’s LTRs (after a week off of running due to weather conditions and then being on vacation) I did my warm-up run by jogging a mile over to Washington & Lee High School, then ran the LTRs on their track. For the most part it was nice, but I did get a little annoyed at one point. When I got there, other runners were on the track and everyone was running clockwise. Ok, clockwise it is.

Halfway through my run, most of the other runners had left, and then a new group showed up and… started running counterclockwise. Which means you’re dodging each person twice per lap. Maybe it’s just me, but if I show up at a track and everyone is running in one direction, I’ll do the same out of consideration for my fellow runners. Pfft.

(Suddenly the “you must run this direction” signs at my closed-for-two-weeks community center’s indoor track make even more sense.)

Next week, the LTRs shift from 10x2min to 4x3min. This ought to be interesting.