Ok, I finally broke my 1:10 curse this morning and ran the entire 5.2 into work (sans the walking for traffic). Not strong, but I did it. This morning was cool to the point of almost being chilly. This was the first run of the season that I felt the wonderful cool weather that I was used to in Charlotte.
I was late leaving this morning so I decided to try a short cut to work. Not as pretty, but took me from 5.2 down to 4.68. I was tired from Tuesday, but ran pretty strong (for me), finishing in 0:56, my first sub hour run to work. Here is the route, mainly on city streets rather than trails:
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My morning run today started out fine. I felt strong and anticipated a pretty good time. I was running to work and thought I might try a slightly different route since I had left early enough that I had plenty of time. I had an 8:30 AM CST call to India, but I started at 6:20 AM CST and usualy can get to work in 1:10. So off I go. Pflugerville is an old town and when it was laid out they hadn’t heard of grids. Oh, and I am severly directionally challenged. Not a plesant combination. I took my 5.2 mile run and turned it into an 8.8 that took me through a lot of town that I hadn’t been to before. Here is my route:
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It was fun and I needed to start adding good distance runs, but dang. I got back home in 1:56 which wasn’t a bad pace, but I had to go straight to my call and then the one after, and the one after…needless to say I am working from home. I will head to work after lunch, in my car.