Easy run. Average pace 9:08.
Weather: 62°F, 42% humidity, wind 5 WNW.
I slept in a little bit this morning and so I didn't have time for my run before it was going to be time to take my son to work. So I did the No More Trouble Zones video and then took him to work and ran after that. The result was that it was a little warmer when I ran than it would have been if I had run first thing. I'm going to have to make sure I get up early on Saturdays as well as on other days to run when it's cooler. I suppose 62° today wasn't too bad, but it will get worse and would have been worse if I had had a longer run. I should probably also start wearing my fuel belt. I haven't done that for quite a while. I didn't take it today, but I make a little detour and ran through some sprinklers just before the end of the 4th mile, and then stopped at a Walgreen's and got a drink from their drinking fountain just before the end of the 6th mile. I actually passed 3 Walgreen's during my run today. I can stop at any of them for a bathroom or water, but only if I run late enough. They don't open until 8:00 am. There is one that is open 24 hours, but it is down by my office and I go by there only if I do my office loop.
I felt sluggish at the beginning of this run, but got feeling better. There's a fairly big hill in the 2nd mile that I always struggle with and today the song Allergies, by the Barenaked Ladies came on when I started the hill. It's not one of my more favorite songs, but it's got a good tempo and I matched my cadence to the song going up the hill and got up the hill a little faster than usual. But it's a short song and so it didn't last the whole hill. I like running fast up a hill because I can usually keep the faster pace with less effort once I crest the hill and am either on flat or downhill. Splits were 9:52, 9:24, 8:54, 9:06, 9:09, 9:08, 9:00, 8:41.
I had my mp3 player on all songs shuffle and a while later it played Be Still, My Soul by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. This is actually the song and arrangement that my ward choir is working on. So even though it's not exactly a peppy running song, I listened to it twice and figured I was doing some preparation for tomorrow's choir practice during my run. | 