Short run - 3.5 miles

Ran this afternoon. Needed the exercise to clear my head.

Weather was almost perfect - mid 60s, sunny, just a bit too windy though.

Wore the usual: Brooks, shorts, sleeveless shirt, sunglasses. No music, not in my neighborhood.

Ran my 3.5 mile loop. Did a half-mile more than I planned earlier in the week because my Monday run (which I did not blog) was so suck-y and I wanted to make up for it without increasing my planned long run.

I flew the first mile - did about a 9:42 pace. Shouldn't have gone out so fast but it was hard not to move.

I had to stop for traffic briefly at SE Milwaukie and Bybee, but it was less than 5 seconds.

I did stop to walk for about 60 seconds when I entered Westmoreland Park, and again at the 3.0 mile mark, which felt bad but I blame the fast start. Need to reserve that speed for the end, not the beginning.

Hit the 3.5 mile point in 34:51, giving me an average pace of 9:57. Good for a training run when I wasn't planning on going very fast.

Coming up - 7.0 mile run on Sunday. I know my plan was to do the long run on Saturday but I'm going to shift it by a day. The only run that will cut out is my optional run next Friday.