Mid-week Encanto-Palmcroft Sweat-Fest

Today was even hotter and more humid than last week. It's brutal to run in these conditions, but I want to get the miles in. The Other Half-Marathon is about 12 weeks away, and Bill and I intend to run it. The run this morning was just a random route through the Encanto-Palmcroft neighborhood. There are lots of beautiful homes, most of which have mature landscaping. It makes for a pleasant place to run. My shins were still a little sore from the 10 miles we did on Saturday, but otherwise this was a typical mid-week run. I just noticed that this wireless run tracker thingy assigns a difficulty rating for each run. It gave this little jaunt a 0 out of 5. It obviously ignores the weather-- 87 degrees with 53% humidity. That made this at least a 3 1/2 out of 5 for me! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: Phoenix, AZ Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 07/21/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 06:41 AM Difficulty: 0 / 5.0 Weather: Mostly Cloudy 87 F temp; 53% humidity 91 F heat index; winds SE 3 Performance Distance: 3.26 miles Time: 0:29:57 Speed: 6.5 mph Pace: 9' 11 /mi Calories: 474 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 00 -0' 11 6.7 +0.1 -- ft 2 9' 22 +0' 11 6.4 -0.1 -- ft 3 9' 32 +0' 21 6.3 -0.2 -- ft end 9' 30 +0' 19 6.3 -0.2 -- ft Versus average of 9' 11 min/mile

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