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An old man and the youth

December 29, 2020 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: low 40s, sunny

Comments:
Started south at 4pm from Peirce Mill and encountered first Jenny M-C and then Charlie Baar. He joined me and we took Valley Trail almost to Military. We bailed onto Beach and paused for three minutes to chat with Jacob Gaba and Justin Connell. Later, as we came south on the Comanche trail I got to shout hello to Alex Jacoby who had just joined them across the creek. I was feeling almost decent, but could not hold our meager pace on the uphills. (An even more disturbing realization is how much more slowly I descend the downhills when navigating roots and rocks, even though I felt like I was being pretty aggressive.) Alas I'm not in my teens anymore, I'm 35 lbs heavier than I was then, I am one month into training after 6 weeks off, and I'm 47. I guess that adds up to "losing as step." It's too bad I'm not ready to accept that yet. I suspect this was well under 5, but I'm rounding up for the hills and the effort.