Nested loops

Thursday am, 7.1 miles in :53

My alarm went off at 5:30 this morning and I tried to ignore it. I lay
in bed for a few minutes, noting my sore legs (still? from Tuesday's
run?) and considering going back to sleep. Of course, if I skip today,
I may as well quit running. What's the point? 5:36. Bleh. I got up
and fumbled for my glasses, dressed, had a glass of water and some
raisins. Out the door at 5:46.

I'd planned a tempo today, but I'm not feeling it. I jog easily along
the familiar route. I could swap today with tomorrow's easy run. Yeah,
one more day of recovery. But I'm feeling a little better. I'll pick
it up at Adeline and see what happens.

Up the hill to my first split - 1+ mile in 6:57. Too fast! But I'm
committed. Mile 2 is harder on me, and comes in at 6:53 - a little
slower since this is exactly 1 mile. I turn downhill at Dwight Way and
push, push. I feel like I'm losing steam, but I hit mile 3 at MLK in
6:18 - not bad. Mile 4 is a new one, and I really feel like I'm
dragging. Slightly downhill to Sacramento, then left on level ground to
Russell St. I hadn't measured it beforehand, but gmap tells me that
it's an even mile. 6:12. Yeah. I jog, slowly slowly, down to
Alcatraz, then loop back around to come home.