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Nice negative split, but not too negative. It looks like you were able to rein yourself in.

Nicely done! It is really hard not to charge home, isn't it?

I love running a little the day after a long run.

I am very interested in your habit of recording the half way split of your runs. Since my first mile can take 13 or 14 minutes the way I warm up, I would get a negative automatically, but I could skip that mile to make the exercise more accurate. But how do you go about recording the half way point? I am never 100% sure how much ground I will cover. Do you always run an out-and-back?

I have an audiobook recommendation for you, for your commute. I think you would really enjoy it. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. It's not about life as a barista, just a really interesting study of the human brain. http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/gilbert/

Hi Sno, my first mile or two is usually about 40 secs/mile slower too but my way home is about 2 miles uphill, so it all works out.

I usually do out-and-backs. I don't really worry about distance. I have a couple of different runs from my house, one is a loop and one is an out-and-back (the out is on a trail that is 10 miles long so I can turn around anywhere). I estimate the length of loop course by how long it takes me to run it nice and easy (and the variations on it) I know about what 4 - 6 miles is from my house, and depending on how long I am running for, I just turn around at about the same spots. It is much easier when you run for time/effort and not distance ;-). I know my mileage estimates are not exact (I try to underestimate my mileage, just to refrain from obsessing about it).

Thanks for the book recommendation! I will have to check it out. I could use it on my evening commute because our local NPR station always does jazz after 7PM!

Hope all is going well there in beautiful land. They say our heat spell (record highs last week and so far this week 102F) will break soon, bring on the desert winter!!