running 1:26:18 [3]
shoes: Asics Trabuco
Ran over to the AIS to meet Bruce and Craig Feuerherdt, and then Blair came along and brought the rain with him and we all headed in the direction of Black Mountain, but thankfully not anywhere near the top, since I was getting dropped on the climbs, although not as badly as I would have been a few weeks back, and the guys never got so far ahead that I couldn't see them, which was a good thing as I honestly don't know that I would have been able to find my way back (at least, not in time for the conference...). Running in the rain was great, also very wet, and the guys were rather more talkative than Thursday's company, so I was trotting along quite cheerfully until about the hour mark when, because I had managed to forget my orthotics, the neuroma started bugging me and also my wet socks had created some interesting and uncomfortable blisters, so it's a good thing that the last 20 minutes were the last 20 minutes.