pm tempo

5.5 miles tempo in :42

Another long day at work, but thanks to the wonders of automation I was
able to get out for a couple of hours at lunchtime to make up for this
morning's DNR. I biked home and set out on a slightly longer version of
the tempo
run that I did a couple of weeks ago. I tacked on about 6
minutes to the warm up by running down to Sacramento Ave at the
beginning, and a bit less onto the end by running down to California
Ave.

It was about 1:00 when I started, and the conditions were a bit
challenging. 70 degrees or so with 50% humidity (I know, cry me a
river). The tempo portion is all uphill, starting with about 3/4 miles
for the first leg, then a turn and 1 mile for the second leg. I'm
going to add a 1/4 mile downhill leg to this, but today wasn't the day.
The first leg went quickly in 4:42, but I slowed down considerably for
the second leg (6:50). This works out to 6:38 pace for the fast bit;
nothing special, but it was good to get a run in.

During my warm up, I noticed the "New Economy Laundry and Dry Cleaning."
I take this to mean that they accept Paypal, or maybe I can monitor my
spin cycle in real time via streaming video. What will they think of
next?

Oh, here's today's route.