Easy run. Average pace: 9:06/mile.
Weather at 6:45 am: 55°F, 82% humidity, light rain at the start, but then the rain stopped. The weather data I'm getting from motionbased.com says no wind, but I did feel a little wind from time to time, but nothing like last night's huge windy thunderstorm.
My intentions to get up earlier this morning fell flat. I set my alarm for 5:30, but then I hit the snooze alarm for over a half hour, and then I dawdled and did things like change the laundry before getting my lazy butt out the door.
My legs felt pretty good this morning, so I decided to push the pace just a little bit, but still keep it conversational. Splits were 9:44, 9:49, 9:25, 8:42, 8:18, 8:37.
My mp3 player is really a Sansa, but we sometimes call it I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-an-Ipod, or Not-Pod for short. In any case, I have been listening to it on my runs quite a bit recently. I very rarely did that during the winter, but I like it this time of year because my headphones give my ears just a little bit of covering. And I'm enjoying the occasional song that comes along that I can match my cadence to. There were two song like that this morning. The first was "Love Lies Bleeding" by Basia and the second was "Another Postcard" by the Barenaked Ladies. I seem to always get something by the Barenaked Ladies with a good cadence. But this song is longer than the ones off of Snacktime that I've been hearing recently, so that was good.
I just looked out the window and it looks like it's raining again now, harder than before. So I guess I got in from my run just in time. | 