Beautiful sunny, cool (68F) day. I just had to get out earlier rather than later. Besides, some crazy people scheduled a work meeting for super early again today. I admire these guys that get in by 6am and then leave for home right at 2:30pm. If I was planning to work from home today, no biggie, I'd just take the call in my PJs. But having to get down here for them stinks! Anyways, work schedule stayed open this morning so I took an early "lunch" and went for my run. Forgot my HRM at home, but goal was just to take it nice and slow so it was fine. I'm shooting for 4 runs this week without going crazy on the miles, so I needed to get out today. Ran over the river and up to "The Square." The cool thing about the square is that it's "exactly" a mile (according to the Garmin). Plus, there's some slight elevation to it, so you get some up and down incline so it's better than a track in that aspect. Today, the "up" side also had a pretty stiff headwind. Did three laps and then headed back. Averaged about 9:40/mi for the run, but I know I was hitting 10:30 or so on the up portion. I felt like I was crawling. I should have warmed up some, but I took some time and stretched good at the end. Some soreness, but overall, feeling good. I'm going to get some cross training in tomorrow, then we'll see what class brings on Wed... Starting out to be a fun week! | 