October Run

Wow, I can't believe it's already October 1st! I did not feel like getting out of bed this morning. I didn't run Monday because my legs were pretty sore from Saturday. (I also had a couple beers with Chris and Allyce and Jen on Sunday night, and that's about all it takes to give me a hangover these days.) I also didn't run yesterday because I wanted to get to work early to take care of some things. I walked out to find a pretty pleasant morning. It's still not "cool"-- it's still in the 70's-- but it's much better than it was a month ago. After my typical walk around the block, I set out on my 4-mile route. The first mile was a good one. I like to check my time at the corner of Laurel and Palm. When I was running last year, getting there in 5 minutes was pretty good. Today I noticed that I got there in about 4:30. I did the first mile in 8:24. The second mile was a little slower, and I took a little walk break. Sometimes that's because I can't breathe or my legs hurt, today it's just because. The second mile was about a minute slower than the first. The third and forth miles were faster (8:59 and 8:33), and I took a couple more walk breaks. The feel of today was a nice, leisurely run. I didn't kill myself, but I didn't jog either. My overall pace was about an 8:50. I'm glad I forced myself to get up and run. (Of course, I've NEVER regretted a run.) Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 1093 ft Location: Phoenix, AZ Elev. Gain: +3 ft Date: 10/01/08 Up/Downhill: [+16/-13] Time: 06:15 AM Difficulty: 2.2 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 79 F temp; 24% humidity 77 F heat index; winds E 8 Performance Distance: 3.95 miles Time: 0:34:55 Speed: 6.8 mph Pace: 8' 50 /mi Calories: 590 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 26 -0' 24 7.1 +0.3 -6 ft 2 9' 48 +0' 58 6.1 -0.7 +9 ft 3 9' 29 +0' 39 6.3 -0.5 +3 ft 4 9' 15 +0' 25 6.5 -0.3 -3 ft end 7' 02 -1' 48 8.5 +1.7 0 ft Versus average of 8' 50 min/mile

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