Hard Run. 2 miles easy, 4 miles @ maximum effort, 2 miles easy. Average pace: 8:34.
41° to start and 39° by the end, 34% humidity, mostly clear skies, wind 10 mph average, gusting to 21 mph, WNW.
My workout plan calls this a time trial for some reason, but I prefer to call it a hard run. Rather than doing one of my two 8-mile loops, I decided to run my 4-mile loop twice this morning. The wind was howling and I decided that I wanted to stay closer to home and avoid open areas. The weather wasn't nearly as bad as it was for you Utah folks yesterday morning. But it wasn't pleasant either. I expect that it will be worse tomorrow.
I had to run across the grass a couple of times to avoid sprinklers this morning. But there was one sprinkler that I didn't see and it whapped me right across the chest. I expect that the sprinklers will get turned off for the season pretty soon. These sprinklers that I ran into where on a large grassy area along a main street, so they belong to the city (though it's technically not a city), not to an individual.
Splits today were 9:49, 9:23, 7:34, 7:32, 7:48, 7:38, 9:32, 9:10.
**Later Addition**
I don't know if I should mention this, but my oldest son told me about it last night and then I got confirmation about it via an email from the school this morning, but a boy on the cross country team from my sons' high school was running the Highline Canal Trail with some parents and teachers yesterday and collapsed and died on the way to the hospital. I don't know any more details than that. | 