Easy run. 5:46 am, 39° at the start, 34° at the end, 45% humidity, wind 9 SSE. Yesterday I talked about how it was easier to bet out of bed when I have a firm obligation such as getting the kids off to school. It turns out I can hop right out of bed when I realize I've over slept and I've promised to meet someone at a certain time. I was planning to meet the Michelles at 6:15 this morning and I set my alarm for 5:00 so that I'd have ample time to get read and run at least 3 miles before meeting up with them. I looked at my clock at 4:40 and thought about getting up and running even more before meeting them, but decided against it and went back to sleep. The next time I looked at my clock it was 5:34. I had neglected to turn my alarm on. I needed to leave the house at 5:45 in order to get 3 miles in before meeting the Michelles (I could take a shorter route if I needed to). That gave me 11 minutes to get out the door. I made it in 12 minutes. And then my adrenalin must have been pumping a bit for the rush and I ran there a little faster than I normally do. So I ran a little over 3 miles to Michelle's house and then ran 4 miles with the two Michelles, then ran a little less than 3 miles home. Then I went in my house and changed into my new Vibram Five Fingers that I bought last night at the huge gigantic REI store in downtown Denver. I want back out and did a half mile in the Five Fingers. I neglected to put my gloves back on and the temperature was dropping, so I was a little chilly on that last bit of my run, but my feet were okay. My stupid little stubby pinky toes don't like to be separated from their neighbors and they complained about about being shoved into their own little pockets in the Five Fingers, but it was bearable. Maybe they'll get used to it. AP: 9:25. Splits: 9:39, 9:04, 9:00, 9:59, 9:55, 9:30, 9:27, 9:23, 9:21, 0.82 @ 9:29. 0.52 @ 9:19 in the Five Fingers.
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