After yesterday's beat-down of my elders at the Ivyland 5k, I celebrated with way too much of the cheapest beer I could find. Well, not quite the cheapest, but close enough to make me feel vaguely like death this morning.

To punish myself for my overindulgence, I decided to go for a 7-miler at the hottest time of the day to try and sweat out the booze.

Things felt pretty good for the first mile or so, but once I reached the Cherry Tree 1.5 mile hill, I knew my legs were toast. I started walking at around 2.5 miles and from there on out it was walk/run/walk/run. I even cut the run short, coming in at 6.02 miles at a 9:47 pace on the Nike+ (add on my Nike+ 10% differential and it was more like 6.6 miles at an 8:55 pace). Considering how much I walked, I guess that's not too bad, but I really need to start getting better at these longer distances for the 8.31.08 10k! And I need to cut back on the Genny Light!