It was 76 F, 72 percent humidity with cloud cover. I waited way too long to start: close to 10 AM. I just can’t seem to kick myself out the door early if I do not need to. And I tend to balk at the longer walks: I tend to remember how tough the first few were instead of how well the more recent ones went.
Garmin got it at 10.1 so I went with 10.2 . The course: it started with the usual Parkside to Bradley Park and the first part of the spur. Then on the first loop: I did a weird thing where I went past the Cornstalk building but took the alternate “lower on the hill” part, but then turned left to go past the Cornstalk tent area (down for renovation) then back DOWN Cornstalk hill and then got back on the loop in lower Bradley Park. That put me at 5.5 miles when I did a second Cornstalk loop (full one). That got me to 6.8. Then I did a mini no hill loop to take me up the Upper Bradley Park hill and that got me to 7.8 (very close to it) at the exit.
Then I returned by taking Parkside all the way to University then to Columbia Terrace. Then I walked the usual return and added a short Moss/Cooper loop to finish the 10+
And, FINALLY, just under 16 minutes per mile. Not fast at all, but the course was slippery in spots due to rain, and I never really felt bad.
And when I finished my shirt was completely soaked.
Yes, this would have been done in 2:10-2:20 when I was in Centurian shape, but that was 20-21 years ago. My body is not the same.
Life of an old goat 