I spent 13 minutes running the first mile straight uphill. It's first like a 7% incline and then about .25 miles of 30% so walking up is very similar to running up. Did the run at 11 a.m. which seems like it should be bad at 84 degrees, but there was a good cooling breeze so I didn't feel at all bad. While I was just finishing up, I hear a cat call whistle coming from a car and look over to see Cath and her girls riding up from behind. She's been running at 6 a.m. but ever since my kids have been in high school now, they are up and need my help between 6-7:00 a.m. Soccer, cross country, driver's ed camp prep ,etc etc. They put everything between 6-8 a.m. with the idea that the rest of the day is packed, but turns out it's just everyone trying to get their stuff done before it gets really hot. So running early has gotten harder and harder this year. I guess pretty soon, once they are leaving for college no one will ever need me for anything except money so I'd just better suck it up for a while. | 