Falls Bridge Loop - 11 miles (975 total)

11.00 miles (Garmin link)
1:26:32
7:51 pace

Looped down the rec path to Falls Bridge, then back on West River Drive to the cutoff by the Philadelphia Zoo, and back to campus through Powelton Village. Managed to keep a pretty consistent pace - all mile splits but two were within 10 seconds of 7:50. That was a little harder to do during the first mile and last 2 due to running on city streets and having to dodge or pause for traffic.

I am almost finished reading Chi Running, but have yet to actually do most of the exercises. They mostly consist of doing some yoga or tai chi style poses, while trying to develop a "body sense", or memory, of each one, so that you can adapt your running form to incorporate them. There are also a lot of warm up and loosening exercises that I can try to add into my routine.

Happy with my time - tried to remember to remain relaxed throughout, and only pushed a little at the end to keep the pace under 8:00. This approach has worked pretty well to avoid shin splints for the past several weeks.