2004-05-19 - Two Brisk Miles

 

5+ miles @ ~11.4 min/mi

evening jog, cicadas whirring, humid but slightly cooler after rain earlier today — Georgetown Branch for ~20 minutes, then in the middle, two measured segments along the MitP route: mile 24-23 in 9:43 feels good, so I accelerate and do mile 23-22 in an amazing-for-me 9:01 ... and then the slices of pizza that I ate for dinner begin to weigh me down and I take it slowly the rest of the way home via Walter Reed Annex ...