Orange Street Loop

I hoped to run the Orange Street Loop quickly tonight, but was interrupted by a tall blonde named Mary Lyons about a mile and a half into it and slowed to let her tag along. I covered the loop in 27:09, with splits of 8:43, 8:54, and 9:33. I felt great when Mary jogged up to me out of the dark and said, "Excuse me; could you tell me how far it is from one end of Maple Street to the other? Do you have any idea?" I guessed eight tenths of a mile. She said she didn't think it was quite that far as she began to jog beside me. I invited her to finish the loop with me. Mary said she usually ran at about 11 minutes a mile, so she was pushing it. It was easy for me. Mary said she, her husband, and four children recently moved to Levy from Sherwood.