Explored a slightly different route this morning as I wanted to avoid running along the rutted and sometimes rocky canal road in the dark. After running south to Deerfield Elementary, I followed Harvey Blvd. west to 48th. Then followed the Kohler's Loop course except I didn't run around the pond. On the way back down 48th I kept going to the nursery and ran back east along Harvey and followed the trail back home. Almost exactly eight miles as it turned out. Laureen was just heading our for a five miler as I was walking up to the house. It was warm and humid morning with heavy cloudcover, so I was pretty hot and thirsty. Today the uphill sections just seemed to be a lot easier for some reason. | 