Eastside 10 miler

Woke up at 4:15 AM to drop off my daughter at the airport. Arrived back home at 5:20 AM and got another 40 minutes of sleep – nice! Waking at my normal Saturday run 6 AM, getting out the door at 6:30 AM, and arriving at Rogue at 6:50 AM – all was fine with the world. Off on our run with Chris and Philip from our Tuesday night class. We chatted a bit, but I drifted ahead of them. Soon I was on my own ’til I caught up with Richard, who I ran with last year. Richard is much faster than me, but he was taking it easy today – thanks so much Richard. We also met Howard and talked a while with him. Sounded like a neat guy, a tri-athlete, but soon he had to drop off. Once Richard and I got to Speedway and the downhill 2 miles back to Rogue we were flying. But the coach says that we gotta keep it conversational so I chatted about stuff, and Richard listened to help pass the time. We returned back to Rogue completing 10 miles in 1:28 (88 minutes) or 8:48 per mile. For me this was fast, screeching fast, because this summer I was doing 1:43 for 10. However today I was not overly worn-out or breathing hard. Does that mean I didn’t over do it? I hope so. I’m trying to follow the program of keeping it easy.