The goal was to do the main loop. Of course, we know how my plans usually go. I can resist deviating from plan and exploring new routes. When I arrived at WFG, the parking lots were full as the Team In Training was also using WFG for their Saturday run.
My plan was also to run the Fox Trot 10M Race in Elgin on Monday. This race is considered to be moderately difficult, with several hills. I was beginning to wonder whether my plan to run the main loop was wise. So, I started slowly. Very slowly. The first mile was ~9:30. Ok, I'll need to pick it up a little. Except,my Garmin lost the signal in mile 2 and adjusted incorrectly. It reported a time of 7:51 for the second mile but that was not correct. Maybe that relaxed me. But I was running easily and knocking off miles under 9 minutes.
It felt oh so easy until mile 8 which jumped up to 9:37. Was that mile long? Possibly , but a good run. The best in a while. Estimated distance is 9.7 (Garmin reports 9.88, SportTracks reports 10.13). Good pace, not exhausted, not stressed. Onward.
