I was planning on basketball for this mornnig, but my son wasn't going so I opted to run instead. We had a basketball tournament game at night and I wanted to leave something in the tank for that so I only ran a little over 4 miles. When I started out I had decided I would just run our neighborhood 5K course. However, as I started up 1600 N from Main I decided I wanted to go a little farther than that so I continued up 16OO N to 400 E (1 mile gradual uphill @ 8:41/mi), turned north up 400 E to 2000 N (1/2 mile steep uphill @ 9:30/mi), turned west down 2000 N to 400 W (1 mile big downhill @ 6:48/mi), turned south on 400W to 1600 N (1/2 mile level @ 7:49/mi), turned east on 1600 N up to Main (1/2 mile slight uphill @ 7:30/mi), then turned north on Main and went up and around the block to home (0.35 miles level @ 7:19/mi). I then let my dog out and we jogged around the block for a 0.4 mile cooldown. I averaged 8:06/mi for the 4.25 miles, including the slow jog at the end. We had 11 show up for the basketball game, so I didn't get as much exercise as I had planned, but it was fun. We gave them a good game but lost. Don't tell the other guys, but I wasn't too disappointed. Now I can focus on my running instead of worrying about the regional tournament.
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