A Balance, Redefined

It is a amazing the way my memory works. I did the SugarHouse commute run in this morning. Though I've run this route dozens if not a 100x, I remembered it being 5 mi. It was a cool run both temperature wise and in mood. I have a potential knee follow-up visit with the doctor this Thursday and since nothing has changed pro or con with my knee I wanted to really test it before I went in. I started toward SugarHouse at an even clip and then surged for one mile (6:12). By no means my fastest mile but it did feel nice to test the legs. From that point on the next 4 mi are more or less up hill. The "cool" part of the run came in that the sky was clear overhead at the start of my run. There was an electrical storm on the other side of the valley. During the run it kept getting closer. It felt like I was trying to out run the storm. The clouds made it overhead by the time I got to campus but the rain didn't start until I made it in the building. Overall the run felt good and I am happy that I finally pushed myself a little. The overall pace was nothing spectacular but for the few of you that are still checking in on me and remember what my usual pace for this run used to be this mornings 8:05/mi is not that bad. Have a great week.