Ridge Road Loop

It was 56 degrees for my run of the Ridge Road Loop this morning, or 20 degrees cooler than for last night's. I ran it in 40:30, with splits of 10:10, 10:43, 10:16 and 9:21. For most of my long runs, in fact for all of my runs over three miles for the last three months, I have used the Jeff Galloway-Mike Huckabee technique of walking the first minute of each mile. Otherwise I have noted the difference. Sometimes I forego the walk at the start of the final mile, but not today. This morning's run was, for one coming so soon after an effort of any significance, perhaps my best of this current streak.