Sunday, 10/13 - 4.8 miles

Haven't been keeping up with the blog lately. Took about a week and a half off to rest a nagging achilles pain. Luckily, it doesn't appear that I lost any fitness as my runs, such as they have been, have been surprisingly quick. I have even lowered my benchmark 1 loop (2.4 miles) on the Regional Park trail to a PR 9:05 pace and my 2 loop to a PR 9:28 pace. Today was 2 loops at a 9:49 pace with the 2nd loop faster than the first. It was a very slow effort aside from a few minute or so stretches. An effort like today 2 months ago would have been about a 10:15-20 pace. I also hit my goal this week of 14 miles in 4 runs. Not much, I know, but I want to take it slow and see how the achilles holds up. Still having some pain, but seems to be better.