When I finished: 83 F, 71 percent humidity. But the course was mostly shaded. I did 1 mile to Bradley Park, the “spur” course, followed by a full Cornstalk loop, lower Bradley loop, and a hill-less mini loop which put me at 7.07. Then I did the “Barbara”: Armstrong (should have crossed University at the light), Columbia Terrace, Sheridan, Moss, back home. Distance was 10.2-10.3 (I was shorted by .07 miles at the 2.5 mile point..so I’d guess my reading or 10.02 was 0.2-0.3 off though the “correct distance” feature in Strava gave me 10.47) and the pace was 16:06 or so.
It was ok, given the hills (8 from miles 1 to 7) and the warm day.
The harsh reality my 5K is slower this year and my long walks are about 1 minute per mile slower. I can talk about my “taking it easier” but I have slowed down, period. So, IF I do that Quad Cities half in September, I ought to think about aiming for 3:15 for a goal time, or about 14:50 mpm from the very start.
I had really believed that I could improve from last year, and I am not doing it.
On a positive personal note: I bought two novels during my late June trip to Texas. I’ve finished two of them. The third has a grip on me.
The books: Fleming’s Bond novel Moonraker and Dexter’s Morse Novel Service of all the Dead. It appears that the Morse TV series keeps Inspector Morse reasonably close to the novel version, though the TV version is a bit more sanitized, and perhaps the TV version plays up the Oxford education just a bit more.
Life of an old goat 