Trail run 37:16 [3] 3.6 mi (10:21 / mi)
I really did not want to go out today. It was raining, I hadn't slept enough, I ran/paddled aggressively in two races yesterday, and most importantly, I'M 50!!! (OK, technically I'm only 49, but this is my M50 year, and my body certainly wasn't feeling like quibbling). But the dogs hadn't gotten out for a run yesterday, and by 8:00 AM Piper was making it clear that she wasn't going to put up with my excuses today. So off we went, with me trying to do my best imitation of an end of the rogaine shuffle. Not my shuffle, mind you, which is no more than a wide based walk trying to protect chafing thighs and battered toenails. Perhaps more like Joe Brautigam's, which I witnessed several times as he passed Phil and me while winning my first rogaine in Quebec in 2007. My hope was to try to maintain a 10:00 min/mi pace, but even that was a pipe dream. But at least I was able to make it around the loop in some semblance of a jog, and now maybe I can shower and try to take a nap.