I went out this morning before daylight. My friend Joe said “run a mile, see how it goes.” So I did. Didn’t go all that well. Then I ran another mile on account of if you’re going to run a test mile it’s better not to do it all in one direction away from home. Important to calculate that getting back will be another mile. Also probably not a good idea to run downhill for the first mile on account of…well you see where this is going. The Kenyan runners start out very slowly to see how they are feeling…if it is not good they stop. Generally though they finish up at five minute pace. It occurs to me, after years of study, that I am not a Kenyan runner and even my inner Kenyan doesn’t really understand five minute pace. All told, a couple plus this morning, lifting later today( sounds impressive right? not so much-about ten minutes worth) Starting to dream Comrades dreams or maybe the local mountain series…trail mostly, up and down and quiet in the big trees.