It's over, man. Let her go.

This was a fun run. Nice cool weather! Love it!

There's a park with an overlook area at the top. The park is kind of like a dome with the overlook at the top of it. The road then winds down it and back up to the top. Total loop distance is 2.83 mi and I did that twice. I took splits at 1.29 and 2.83 miles. Here are the splits:

1.29 - 9:54 (7:40!!!!)
1.54 - 14:03 (9:06)
1.29 - 12:28 (9:41)
1.54 - 15:00 (9:45)

The first 1.29 was really "fast" for me. The second time around, I took it slower so I wouldn't injure the knees. Plus, it was dark by then and the potholes in the park are better than the rest of Pittsburgh but still ankle twistingly bad. Then on the final 1.54 section, I saw my life flash before my eyes. I got chased by a rabid raccoon. Ok, maybe not chased, but it was dark and it came running out of the woods to the road about 10' in front of me, paused for a second to give me the evil eye, then ran across the road right in front of me. I'm just glad he didn't attack me. I would have had to write up a "Why I wear my RoadID story." I don't have time for that.

Nice easy, flat run along the river.  Beautiful sunny day!

Splits:

1.15mi - 9:45 (8:28)
1.05mi - 9:06 (8:40)
1.05mi - 9:07 (8:41)
1.15mi - 10:25 (9:03)

Felt really good, but knew it was "faster" than I should have been running it.  I figured I'd take it a little faster since I knew there's less chance I'll get in a run tomorrow with my schedule as it is.  I'll get in a little strength, but that's probably about it.  I was shooting for closer to a 9:00 pace...finally slowed down enough by the last mile.

Gotta get in my runs during this nice 50^o weather since we're supposed to get rainy this weekend and even a little snow late next week!  I hope it isn't rainy and nasty next Saturday for the race!

I was planning on about 6 today since I'll do a fairly easy 3 or so tomorrow before my 10-12mi long run on Saturday.  Sleep last night was awful, but my work laptop was having serious issues and would be out of commission for an hour or more so I decided to hit the road.  I picked a 5mi route with an extra 1.25 or so going around the best ball field in the US - PNC Park, home to the worst baseball team in the US - the Pirates - 17 consecutive losing seasons.  We love 'em though!  I hopped on the TM to cool down and they had the BYU NCAA basketball game on so I decided to do just one more mile at 10:00 to watch for a few minutes.  I was dragging after that mile!  Guess I should have skipped that last mile since it made me late to a meeting...

Anyways, according to my Garmun, here's my splits:

1.08 - 9:39 (8:56)
1.71 - 14:56 (8:43)
2.31 - 20:11 (8:44)
1.30 - 12:16 (9:26)
1.00 - 10:00 (TM)

Just did my nice 5k run around Pittsburgh.  Nice and easy!

Nice cool morning, perfect for running although it was a little chilly for shorts & t-shirt when I started out.  Ran it in 1:31 which isn't too bad, right at my 10:00 goal pace.  I'll have to blog more when I get back...gotta run out now and go help a family move.  The other guys in the ward are slackers and so I always end up having to go help since no one else will.