A thought I had yesterday was supported this morning by my walk and jog of the Burns Park Loop. I went very easily, had tons left, and finished in 1:23:38, which is my fourth best time.* And that came the day after doing ten miles faster than I have in over three years. I truly think that that fifty-mile race helped my fitness, which may say something about the benefit of long runs for long-distance runners. On the other hand, who the fuck knows? Besides, long runs suck unless there are lots of food and pretty women around, and someone willing to go buy you a twelve-pack of Milwaukee's Best Light®.
My splits were 25:19, 30:17 (55:36), and 28:03 (58:20).
This afternoon I ran Hash from an odd spur of Alsopp Park. It was Succulent White Meat's run. I was out for 44:40, ran probably seventy-five percent of the time, so covered a bit over three miles.
*I have traveled the loop by myself thirteen times. I don't believe any of my laps with the Geezer Crew have been completed faster than an hour and forty minutes. If I counted those, I've probably done the loop close to twenty-five times
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