Day 17: you learn as you go, if you don't follow the planned route! I ran down North St., which does NOT go through to West, but goes west and then south into Balwin.
This morning was somewhat of a breakthrough for me. Maybe it was just my imagination. But I had my phone with me and I was keeping track of my times and was clocking 8-10 min. miles toward the end of the run. I also ran up (without stopping)Weatherstone hill which is the northern most part of the route. The hill is an ascent of 75 ft in .57 miles.
One particular funny moment was when I was approaching the McDonald's at High st. and Great Oaks Blvd., a guy in a brand new Mustang was impatiently waiting to get out into traffic. He saw me coming and did a stop start a few times while I was gaining on him...then just as I was within reaching distance of his car, he ended up grinding the gears as he got out into traffic. Probably made him dump his coffee...haha
On the downside, I only saw 2 other runners this morning. I saw more people in the drive thru line at McDonald's than I did the entire time on my run. Come on Wadsworth, get out there, get up off your and hit the street!
