November 2nd, MondayA beautiful morning for a  cross country race at Holmdel Park

The sixth 5k run was a return to Holmdel Park on Saturday, October 31st.  My finish time was a respectable 28:49.   That is a 24-second improvement from the same course five Saturdays ago.  I was hoping for a more significant Improvement then that after 5 weeks.  When I consider that the main goals for signing up for this six-week series were to focus my training and insure one hard training run each week, I accomplished both.  Running  six, hilly, trail courses in six weeks was a demanding, humbling, illuminating and gratifying experience.

My next focus will be to find a flat, road 5K sometime around Thanksgiving to see if I have in fact improved my fitness for road racing.  I would also like to get to a local track and run a trial 800m or 1500m.

Stats remain stable and good.