PM: 4 miles easy
I met Liam at his place in Old West Durham in the morning, and from there we ran the 2.5 miles or so to the American Tobacco Trail. Every morning we've been out there, these same 2 or 3 old townies, who are possibly homeless or just don't have much else going on at 7:00 in the morning, hang out sitting in lawn chairs in exactly the same place cheering on runners. It's become a real morale boost for us. One guy always asks how far we've run, and another tells us to "pick it up," basically every morning we're there. They've definitely become one of the signature pieces of running life in Durham.
Once we got there this morning, we put in a small out-and-back progression run, hitting 6:12, 6:01, 5:52, 5:39, 5:42 (stopped briefly at an intersection for a car), and 5:26. Like I've mentioned before, the trail has one false flat after another, and running on it you can really start to feel them. I managed to stay fairly relaxed. We ran back to Liam's place through downtown, where I reversed course and added another loop to give myself 1:37 total for the run.
After classes, I went back to Durham Academy for a short shake-out run. I've been tired lately. I fortunately also feel like I've gained a lot of ground on my fitness in the last few weeks. While I'm not sure I'd be ready to bust out a fast mile at the moment, I do feel like I've gotten stronger. That's a good thing with Annapolis coming this weekend, which has a course that epitomizes a need for strength.
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