I did a circuitous solo run around nearby neighborhoods this morning. It was similar to the serpentine route I've been doing recently but with a couple of modifications. Instead of skipping dead end streets I went into every one, and there are quite a few. Then instead of doubling back like I've been doing, I went straight up 1600 N from 400 W to 400 E, a mile of steady uphill that seems to get steeper as it goes. I think I ended passing by 1/2 to 2/3 of the homes in our stake boundaries. As a new stake clerk I'm still trying to learn the ward boundaries. Maybe if I study the stake map and do more runs like this it will help. It was much colder this morning. It was a little hard getting going but it helped to know that I had to keep moving to keep warm. I really enjoyed this cold meandering run this morning. My foot didn't really bother me and I felt pretty strong. I even included a couple of steep uphill dead end streets I could have skipped near the end. I averaged 8:45/mi for the 6.9 miles, starting at around 9:00/mi, slowing a little on the mile long uphill, then running the last couple of miles at 8:30/mi and 8:15/mi.
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