Nice run this evening except for the wind. Started off to run 8 but I felt great at my 4 mile mark where I was going to turn back so I decided to loop from Salem, head towards the golf course and then head back on Salem Canal Rd. Once I started back I hit a 1,000 MPH head wind or so it seemed at the time while I was also headed up a pretty decent incline towards the Canal Road. As you can see by my splits, the wind and hill really got the best of me. This lets me know I still have a lot of training to do before I get consistent with my splits on anything but flat ground.
7:48, 7:44, 7:47, 8:12, 8:25 (hill), 8:35 (hil & wind), 8:20 (cresting the hill), 8:42 (catch my breath), 7:43, 7:26
At least I got it back for the last two. I need to do more running in an air tunnel up a hill... | 