7.02 Mile Run in 1:08:33

This was my longest run since I attempted the Boston Marathon back in April. After having 4 beers this afternoon, I hardly thought running was in my cards for the evening. But, with nothing better to do and feeling a need for some exercise, I decided to hit the roads for a run.

Rather than stick to the roads for the entire run, I decided that it was a good opportunity to run back down to the Ashland resevoir and actually run around the perimeter of it. It took about 2 miles to get down there, the run itself was about 3 miles around the resevoir on very diffiult terrain in close to dusk, and then it was 2 very hard uphill miles back to the house. Though the pace was slow and I really cramped up towards the end, I think this was a necessary run as I continue to prepare for the Bridge of Flowers 10K in August.

I ended up finishing the 7.02 mile run in 1:08:33 for an average pace of 9:45/mi. I burned 945 calories according to nikeplus. Check out the screenshot above.

PS - This is my 200th post on Blogger.