8.3mi, 68:48

Hilary Duff, "Wake Up"
The Connells, "Fun and Games"
Joss Whedon, "Serenity"

WX at 0800: 55.9 (13.3), DP 44.1 (6.7), BP 30.09 (1018), NNE 7, RH 64%

Odometer 3: 264.3mi

Z3.

Today felt fast, but then got slower and slower. Interestingly, as I got more tired, I was still able to maintain (for the most part) about an 8:17 pace. This is the first long run I've tried to do since getting here. My legs may still be recovering from the run the other night, so I'll probably go easy tomorrow morning.

The weather was nice, but the sun was definitely a factor. There's a big, big difference between shade and open areas, when thinking radiation and heat. Yay. Advice: in desert, run in shade. Duh.

The shoes on odometer 3 are starting to wear, and early, perhaps. I left the shoes tied too loose this morning and after tying them they were much more responsive. By having them tied loose, they acted as energy absorbers and I had to expend a lot more relative effort trying to run.

Fort Bliss is fairly flat. Differences in elevation can be measured in individual meters. In spite of that, I've been noticing every downhill slope, no matter how gentle.

I was meaning to wake up early, at about 5:00am, but I slept in a little later than expected. Tomorrow I'll need to wake up early so I can start rolling my body clock forward. It also spares me a little hassle trying to get stuff done (i.e., laundry, internet access, etc.) as no one else seems to share my psychotic fervor for waking up to avoid jet lag after the flight east (which is always worse than flying west, circadian rhythm-wise).

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
0.34 02:33 02:33 07:30 07:30 0.34
0.85 09:26 06:53 08:06 07:56 1.19
0.70 15:24 05:58 08:31 08:09 1.89
0.87 22:38 07:14 08:19 08:12 2.76
0.86 29:46 07:08 08:18 08:13 3.62
0.70 35:33 05:47 08:16 08:14 4.32
0.85 42:41 07:08 08:24 08:15 5.17
0.56 47:25 04:44 08:27 08:17 5.73
0.95 55:22 07:57 08:22 08:17 6.68
1.26 65:53 10:31 08:21 08:18 7.94
0.37 68:48 02:55 07:53 08:17 8.31