afternoon in the park

Went to the park today and took a run along the canal towpath. First time I had been down there, and it looks like it is going to be an excellent place for me to train. Lots of bikers, but they were all courteous.

After taking a long walk through the park to get to the path, I ran 2.5 miles. I then walked halfway back, 1.25 miles, before running the remaining 1.25 miles back to where I got on the path. Need to get a stopwatch one of these days to get an idea of what speed (or lack thereof) I'm at. I think the 1.25 miles was around 10 minutes, so an 8 minute mile pace. Not exactly blazing speed, but it's a start.