Today’s run: 5.04 miles, 52:10 min. Plus Saturday’s run, 4.08 miles, 43:35 minutes. YT: 536.87. Ridiculous humidity and white skies. A lot of sweaty runners.

My trainer said to me, “You’re like a horse – you speed up when you’re close to home.” So true!

My last mile was my fastest – somewhere around 9:15, even while dodging Chinatown pedestrians.

I’m trying to build speed, so after the first mile as a warmup, I spent .25 mile of each mile trying to keep my pace under 9:30. This seems like a way to start building speed without hating my runs. As a result I ended with a 10:20 average pace. Most of my recent runs have been around 10:40.

Next time I’ll go for 9 minute quarter miles.

Finally, grateful: This was my first pain-free run in  a while. I’ve been having a hip thing. Hopefully my light week last week was enough to wrangle it.