This was supposed to be a seven mile progressive run, but the trail was closed due to a large triathalon (fair enough) so it became a 7.5 mile comfortable run accompanied by my lovely wife. I was planning on doing two laps of the neighborhood, the first one easy and the second one harder, but ended up just wandering around and finishing up in the park. The weather was interesting - 80 degrees but very humid, right on a front line.

Things started out well. The first mile went down in 9:30, the second in 9:10, the third in 8:46. After that we started taking the occasional break, and my records get spottier, but I think I stayed around the 8:00-8:30 point for most of the rest of the way. Again, not a fantastic training experience but a very pleasant way to spend an hour chatting with my wife.

One odd thing that happened hit me on my last lap of the park: the breeze was picking up, and I was getting hit with alternating gusts of hot and cold air, often from the same direction. Obviously there were some rival air masses duking it out around me. A little strange, but interesting nonetheless.

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