I wanted to get up and finish the week off with a BCR run. However, I was in bed for about 2 hours before falling asleep. Therefore, I was on my own later for this 6 miler. I wanted to get to 50 miles for the week.
I decided to do something different. I know it is 5 miles from my house to the high school. I had my mom drive me there and drop me off to run home. Then, I'd add another mile near my home. It would make a nice downhill course.
I didn't know what to wear. It was in the upper 40s, but cloudy and it began to drizzle at the start. I went with a short sleeve shirt and shorts. That was okay, but I would've been better off with some kind of rain gear.
When I looked at weather.com, it said expect occasional rain to begin at 1 PM. So of course, we had a solid rain already by 11:15 AM. It was coming down fairly steady throughout the run and it definitely made me a little uncomfortable.
Coming out of the high school is a challenging uphill. My legs weren't quite recovered from the faster runs of the last two days. Thus, it was a struggle to climb. Eventually the legs came around. I ran that opening mile at an 8:08.
I really do enjoy running through town. It's a nice, little town. I remembered how much sidewalks bothered me earlier in the week, so I opted for the roads as much as possible. Through the heart of town, I did use the sidewalks.
The pace did pick up again. I ran mile 2 at 7:41. There was some climbing in this part of the run. I was starting to get very wet as time went on.
I knew this next mile would be awesome. It is a pretty good drop coming out of town and running toward Gracedale. I cruised along and ran it at a 7:08. Other than the rain coming down, I was comfortable. I did wish I had a hat on to keep the rain away from my eyes. I started to develop a little chafing problem too. I was glad that I was only running 6 miles.
After leaving town, I was now getting closer to home. Mile 4 was more flat than mile 3 and I ran a solid 7:15. This road has a decent shoulder, but it was kind of busy on a late Saturday morning. I watched my overall pace drop and drop.
As I was nearing my house, I thought about adding miles. There is an industrial park nearby. I ran into that and did a short out and back. At times, I had a decent headwind in my face. That made some of this run tough. This mile was another solid 7:16.
I headed back home. I was so glad to get into my neighborhood. I came to my house with a quarter of a mile to go. I ran a short out and back up the one street. The final mile was a 7:13. Despite the rain, it was a nice run to end the week.
I'm not sure what I'm doing tomorrow. Mertz is doing a long run and earlier in the week, I was talking about joining him. I'm not sure if I'm up for a faster pace or not. I'm also unsure about what the weather will be like. There is supposed to be a lot of rain this weekend. I would like to run 17 or 18 miles, I think. Maybe I'd do less if they were run at a faster pace.
6 miles - 44:42 (7:27 pace)
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