Usual long run at Clinton. This was a lot of fun, for several reasons:
1. temps in the 60s! Woohoo, I felt like I was back in Laramie!
2. there was a
trail run out there today, so I had lots of company. And the trails were all marked. Nice to see, even if I didn't need it.
3. even got a few "looking good" or " good job" from event workers who thought I was in the race :)
4. Broke through 10 K for distance, and under 9min/k, for the first time on this route. Yeah for incremental progress!
Only bummer was getting a stitch, again. I can rule out food this time, because I had a light breakfast, more than 2 hours prior. I kept having to stop to let the stitch clear up. Finally noticed that it was worse right after an uphill. (The first time I got a stitch, in a sprint race, was right after I ran uphill, too). I think, since I'm new to running uphill, that my form, or breathing, is not right. So I made an effort to breathe deeper and stand more upright whenever I went uphill, and that seemed to help.