I decided to shake things up a bit and do most of my running here for this week rather than Florida (I leave on Saturday, bright and early...too bright and early to fit a run in beforehand). So today I did my long run of 5 miles, which went pretty well I thought. I ran faster than I might usually on a long-ish run because I needed to meet someone afterward, but increasing the pace didn't seem to cause any real problems.
I decided to run toward Boston on the Mass Pike side. Even though this is not the most scenic (or peaceful) run, it does have the advantage that there are no stop points or places where you might have to wait for traffic. This benefit, I felt, outweighed the slightly less hectic traffic on the other side. Mind you, I was running at around 6pm, so there was going to be traffic regardless (I had planned to run earlier, woke up, then just lacked any and all motivation).
Incidentally, I realized that there are pictures to come with all of these sites...I hadn't realized that I took them. The USB cord to connect the camera is currently in Florida, but I will be back soon enough.
Today I also wound up doing a lot of peripheral walking, by which I mean the kind of walking you do in a city simply because you have to walk from Point A to Point B more often. I think today totaled about 4 miles, which is a lot of peripheral walking to do! Plus at one point I had to walk around a mile, go for my run, then walk another mile. It was a bit hectic.
Tomorrow morning I am getting up bright and early (comparatively) to do a run with a friend. We used to run "together" with another friend; I have the "together" in quotation marks because they were much faster than I was. Basically, we would go to races together and they would sit around, waiting for me to finish. However, she is currently rehabbing from an injury, so I'm hoping that we will be around the same pace. Either way, it should be fun!
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