As usual, I was slacking over the last few days. I had three straight days of no running. I got out there tonight after dark. While I'm not enjoying running right now, I do kind of like night running. The pavement I could do without.
The plan tonight was just to run the basic long loop around the neighborhoods. I figured it would be about 5 miles. My Garmin showed me way over that, but it probably wasn't correct. The first mile was definitely off.
Thankfully, it was much more chilly tonight than lately. I wore the usual attire, a lightweight jacket and shorts. I hate wearing my visor, but my headlamp doesn't stay up well otherwise. I was chilly at first, but then a little hot later. My visor definitely made me hotter. I might have to work on adjusting the headlamp and not wearing the visor.
I started out at my house and headed across the highway to the other neighborhood. I went nice and slow, almost ultra pace. I ate less than an hour before the 6 PM run, so I had to take it easy.
I just ran along. Since I knew exactly the route I wanted to take, I didn't even bother to look at my watch. I thought about some things related to my run and some things related to life.
It wasn't long before I was going up the first big gradual hill. I cruised up that. There were quite a few cars out, since it was still early in the evening. Some walkers and dog walkers were out too.
I went over to do the small neighborhood loop too. This was pretty easy because I took it easy. With the air a little cold, breathing wasn't the easiest thing. It was very manageable though. I passed some walkers at the top.
Then, I was back to the other loop. I figured I was probably around 3 miles now, but I didn't want to look at my watch. I thought about not looking at all. My pace and distance really didn't matter.
One nice thing is that with no running in the last three days, I felt fresh. I still can't totally shake my sore foot from the spring. I'd think with less miles now, I wouldn't feel it at all. It doesn't bother me, but I can still slightly feel the tenderness in that area. Maybe I'll need full rest for it to go away.
In no time, I was to the 2 mile point of the old Blue Eagle 5K course. The marker is still there. I didn't want to look at my watch, but I couldn't help it. I was surprised to see that it said 4.4 miles. I figured there was no way I went that far or was running a sub 8 minute pace. I was barely moving. Looking at the data now, I think the first mile was messed up.
Really, it didn't matter. I just continued to run along. I got back to the school and finished up like I was running the Blue Eagle 5K. I kept going and got to my house. I could've run to mile 6, but there wasn't much point. I just finished at the driveway.
I definitely should get back on some trails sometimes soon, even if it is just Jacobsburg. These short, night runs are about all I can muster though. I wanted to hit some D&L Trail today, but couldn't get myself to do so. Some running is better than no running I guess. It would be nice if my hunger would come back.
5.73 miles - 45:19 (7:54 pace) 99 feet of elevation gain NOT ACCURATE DATA
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