Start time: 10/17/05, 6:00pm
Location: W&OD Trail
Distance: 5 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 5:1
Average pace: 10:30min/mile

Start time: 10/19/05, 6:00pm
Location: W&OD Trail
Distance: 5 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 5:1
Average pace: 9:59min/mile

Monday and Wednesday were both without Julie, alas, who is still letting her broken pinkie toe heal as much as possible. Monday also had Mark with a mysteriously sore calf, so we made plans to turn around/stop early if necessary. Naturally, that never happened. On Wednesday, things seemed much better for his calf, and based on our finishing time (49:55 without really trying) I’d say so. This bodes very well for our plans to shift up to a 10min/mile for miles 11-20 of the marathon. It was a gorgeous day to boot, lots of people out on the trail, and I just felt like we could run for the rest of the day… well, aside from the fact that it was getting dark. This bodes really well for good running weather for the marathon itself.

More importantly, Wednesday’s run put me at 600.4 miles for the year. Yay! It’s pretty cool to hit that number without having even run the real marathon just yet.