Yesterday\u2019s run followed (mostly) a 5K route I traced back when we first moved into this house six years or so ago. I say mostly because this time I added a littler spur. Usually I start on 1st\u00a0and head south; today I trotted down Roosevelt to 3rd, and then 130th back to 1st and then south.<\/p>\n
The goal was to run slow, again, and monitor that foot ache. This route has two places to stop and wait for traffic, when I across Aurora, twice. As soon as I started down Roosevelt I realized my error: another convenient stop is after only a quarter mile, crossing 130th itself. A quarter mile and then 30 seconds of standing is not a bad little wake up. Oh well.<\/p>\n
On the headphones: The Sound Defects, mellow tunes for a mellow run. I turned left at 1st ave and down towards Corliss. This goes down to 122nd, and past Burke to hit mile 1. My watch said 9:07 at this point, which was too fast. I did have that foot ache, but it wasn\u2019t as bad, maybe since I\u2019d had more movement earlier in the day, maybe because I loosened my shoes a bit.<\/p>\n
Continuing on 122nd to Densmore and back up to 125th, which completes the lower half of Haller Lake. And then up to Aurora- up in the sense that it\u2019s a couple blocks of 3% grade and one at 5%. But like I said, there\u2019s the traffic stop at the top. 30 seconds later I was running past Krispy Kreme.<\/p>\n
A right turn onto the Interurban trail, another sharp but short uphill section, and then I crossed 130th where the trail is now on Linden Ave. Here\u2019s the end of mile 2, and if we adjust for the Aurora pause, I\u2019m still running below 9:10. So much for my \u201cmellow\u201d music.<\/p>\n
Up Linden- climbs to the highest point of the run at about 14st street. I made the right turn onto 143rd, and then another pause at Aurora– but traffic was light, and the pause was all of four seconds.<\/p>\n
Across, down, and Roosevelt, a right turn. The three mile mark is just past Ashworth, 9:09 for this mile. But I was feeling perky. El Chupacabra<\/a> was on my headphones, so I just went with it. Up and down Roosevelt, across 1st, and home.<\/p>\n 3.6 miles when all was said and done, which is not a 5k at all, is it. Close enough.<\/p>\n