I wanted to try something different today. My initial plan was to head over to Horseman's Center Park, a picturesque park on the far eastern border of the city, and run a couple of miles leisurely without timing myself. My wife and I loaded up the dogs and headed there only to find the whole park swarming with bikers! Apparently there was some sort of biker convention going on, so that plan was out. We went home and I decided to head back out on my own determined to find a place to run. I headed up to Granite Hills High School to see if the track was open, but it wasn't. So, finally, as a last resort I decided just to run around the perimeter of the high school.
The run was rather pleasant. There wasn't a soul around and the day was bright and warm and the temperature was just right. The far-off desert mountains provided me with pleasant distractions. I decided to time myself since I was doing a shorter distance. By the time I finished my loop I clocked in a 9:13. I had a suspicion the distance was a mile, though I wasn't sure. So I went home to check on mapmyrun.com and, sure enough, one lap around the school was one mile exactly! My time was nine seconds slower than last night, but that could be for a few reasons. One, it was a new route; two, it was in the middle of the day with the sun out (all my previous runs have been at night); and three, I had probably tired myself out from my run last night. All things considered, though, I was pleased with today's run. I can now add a new route to my repertoire.
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