My most hated wind, the south wind, was whipping around today. We live in a subdivision on the south end of a highway, so I always run north to a lake which starts about 4.5 miles to the north. The south wind means I get thrashed by a headwind all the way home when I'm most tired. I did good today though, it was a great run. I almost went down some east-west dirt roads but they were a little too muddy from the melted snow so I pressed north to explore some more of the lake. My splits were 8:22, 8:24, 8:28, 8:35, 8:17, 8:31, 8:26, 8:19, 8:16, 8:09, 7:40. 1:31:35 total, average 8:19. I'm pretty proud of the last 4 into a 10-15 mph headwind. Mile 6 had a closed-off road (hard to tell that from satellite imagery) that caused me to go trail running for about a minute, and I had to leap some cacti and duck under mesquite branches. My right kneecap didn't appreciate the maneuvering as I'm starting to get a very mild case of runner's knee. Not enough to bother me during a run though.
One thing I did different today was to pop 200mg of caffeine as I walked out the door. It gave me a great burst of energy around an hour into the run (right as I was starting those last 4 miles). I don't feel bad about it at all, I think it really helped! Next week I'm gonna try taking a gu at some point. At some point, I'm gonna have to figure out a way to hydrate during the run.
Weekly mileage - 34.0. | 
