I had a bad headache one of the last two days and just slacked the other day. I almost didn't make it out until darkness, but did head out late this afternoon for this run. I didn't have much daylight left, so I ran from home. I had no plan of where to go. I was just hoping for 7 miles.
It is still unseasonably cool. It's more like early October weather than early December. That made for perfect running conditions. I went with a light long sleeve shirt and shorts. That was a great choice. It was orange, in case I was out a little after dark. I had started at 4 PM.
I went down to the school. I ran a loop around it. I thought about doing loops until 7 miles, but I knew that would be boring. Instead, I headed over to the neighborhood next to the school. Even then, I really had no idea where I was going. I was making it up on the fly.
I decided on an out and back on a dead end street. That was good and it came back going uphill. I was happy to be running a sub 9 minute pace, but really pace didn't matter. I just cruised along. I can't say I felt great or bad.
I decided to go out some more then. There is this other small neighborhood that I sometimes go to. This time, I ran it clockwise instead of counterclockwise. I saw a dog walker and a woman walking. It was cloudy out now.
Heading back, I had to go uphill. I was around 3.5 miles now and pretty happy. I headed back toward the school. I saw an Indian couple walking. I've seen them a few times while out running or riding in this area.
I arrived back at the school after mile 4. I decided on a couple loops around the school. Darkness was creeping in. I got bored after only about 2 loops.
I headed back to the other neighborhood and just ran around the circle. I only did that once. I think I was probably around 5.5 miles at that point. I don't quite recall.
I figured I'd do some more running around the school. Some times, I'd go in the back of the school. Other times, I merely looped around the front. After mile 5, I had to just keep moving. My body wasn't hurting, but I was feeling weakened. I just focused on mile 6.
It was good to get past that and continue looping around. I had to avoid some cars picking up their kids at the school. There was a dog walker in the grass. I finished up at mile 7, as I went up the black path.
There was noting special about this run. It was easy and 7 miles long. It was pretty boring. However, I got out there and got it done and got some exercise.
Tomorrow, I'd love to get to Tammany. I need to put in 10 loops there before the year is over. We'll see what I can do. One loop doesn't sound bad, but two or three loops at a time doesn't interest me at the moment. I do love running there, but it is quite the challenge. There's no such thing as an easy day there and I need easy days now. That's about all I can muster.
7 miles - 58:58 (8:26 pace) 44 feet of elevation gain
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