Mid-week 10K

I woke up this morning with my legs feeling antsy for a run. I figured I'd better do a longer run than usual to satisfy them. When I walked out the back door, I was greeted with a pleasant surprise-- the weather had cooled off. Ahhhhhhh, finally a break from the heat and humidty of the past 2 months. Unfortunately the battery on my iPod Shuffle appeared to be dead, so I would have to run without music. I set off south, as I have on almost every run I've ever done in my neighborhood. Right away, I could tell this was going to be a good run. The time off had let my legs heal from the pounding I've been giving them, and they were completely pain-free today. I continued south down to McDowell and then turned up 15th Ave. to Palm Lane. It had been a while since I had run along Central Ave. (and the last time I had, there was so much construction that it was very un-fun). I took Palm Lane down to 3rd Ave., and then went down to McDowell and over to Central. The construction from the Light Rail is 99% complete, so the part of my run along Central was funner than the last time I ran here. I decided to turn onto Encanto Blvd. and run through the Willo neighborhood. I got to 7th Ave. and felt good enough to turn north towards Thomas Rd. I turned west on Thomas, and turned into the Edgemont neighborhood. I crossed over 15th Ave. and did the loop through the Margarita Place neighborhood. I thought briefly about heading for home, but I spotted a fellow runner about a block ahead of me. I picked up my pace and gave chace. As I ran south on 15th Ave., I closed the gap between us with each passing block. Unfortunately, he reached Encanto Blvd. and turned east. I turned west on Encanto, and again thought about heading for home. This run was so fun, so I decided to keep it going. I headed south on Laurel Ave. into the Fairview Place neighborhood. When I reached Palm Lane, I headed over to 16th Ave. and figured it was time to head for home. I ran north on 16th all the way up to Virginia and then back home. When I stopped, I was surprised to see that I had run about 6.1 miles (about a 10K). I thought about the first time I ran 6 miles and what a mometous and difficult run that was. I looked it up, and that was on Oct. 28, 2007-- a little less than 11 months ago. I did this casual run 4 minutes faster than that one, and I didn't feel like I had been severely beaten like I did last year. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 1092 ft Location: Phoenix, AZ Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 09/17/08 Up/Downhill: [+22/-22] Time: 06:13 AM Difficulty: 2.2 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 6.10 miles Time: 0:54:17 Speed: 6.7 mph Pace: 8' 54 /mi Calories: 888 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 32 -0' 22 7.0 +0.3 -10 ft 2 8' 48 -0' 06 6.8 +0.1 +3 ft 3 9' 34 +0' 40 6.3 -0.5 +3 ft 4 8' 44 -0' 10 6.9 +0.1 +6 ft 5 9' 26 +0' 32 6.4 -0.4 -6 ft 6 9' 17 +0' 23 6.5 -0.3 +3 ft end 8' 45 -0' 09 6.8 +0.1 0 ft Versus average of 8' 54 min/mile

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