You know what's cool?

You know what's pretty cool?  Going on a good, long run and feeling pretty good about it at the end. 

You know what's cooler than that?  Knowing that your 1:47:56 was a pretty good duration for any run you do.

You know what cooler than that?  Finding out that the 10 mile run you just went on was really 11 miles after you checked the distance on G-maps.

 

You know what's cooler than that?  Doing the math and figuring out that your 1:47:56 time translated to a sub-10 minute mile performance!

 

That's right, baby!  11 miles, 1:47:56...   11 miles, 107:56 minutes.  That's sub 10 minute miles on any calculator.  And I'm not flat out exhausted, either.

The route:

Field house at the tennis courts in Memorial park, counter clockwise around the running path.

It's roughly 1 mile to Memorial, then cross the street and head to the start of the bike/running path just west of the Picnic Loop.

Get on the path, go to whatever road that is, and head to Blossom.  Blossom to Jackson Hill.  Jackson Hill to Waugh.  Cross the bayou, go a few steps to the fountain and touch the fountain.  Then turn back on Allen Parkway to Shepard, cut across to Memorial (take the hill in front of Depelchin, no cheating), then make your way back the same way you came.  And just for good measure, don't stop until you hit the 3mile marker so you can get that extra .1mile sprint (and if you're really good, you'll "beat" a guy who is right on your heel at the 0 mile marker where the sprint starts).

All that in 1:47:56.  I feel pretty damn good right now...  I think I'll have some chocolate cake.

 

15 miles is still on the agenda for next weekend, but realistically speaking I'm not so sure it's going to happen.  I'm not ruling it out, though.  We shall see.