Start time: 12/19/05, 6:00pm
Location: Custis Trail
Distance: 4 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 5:1
Average pace: 11:40min/mile

Julie and I went running again on Monday, but sick of the snow and ice still clogging the W&OD we instead veered off onto the Custis Trail itself for a change. The new scenery was nice, even though half of it is nothing more than a view of I-66, boy oh boy. We guess-timated where the second mile would end (because we started on the overlap with the W&OD and I don’t have my fantastic new gift of a running GPS unit functioning just yet) based on the fact that we were feeling sluggish, and later I mapped it out on the Gmap Pedometer and it seems to have been pretty dead-on accurate. So, a little slower than normal but right now I’m just A) happy to be running on a weekday, and B) really happy to see Julie getting the mileage back up and her body clearly having an easier time of it than last week.

Hopefully, another 4-miler tomorrow (Thursday), some short distance on Saturday, and maybe even another short distance on Sunday if it’s not raining. It’s nice to have that afternoon break from my family on Christmas, even if it’s just for half an hour. It’s a big reset/recharge button in need of pressing.