Well ok,

so I set my alarm for 6:30am but there were no outside noises to help me get up this morning. I turned it off and didn't wake up again until 7:30am - my usual time. So instead, I have a new running route tonight: from the office, up a steep 2 mile climb to the panhandle, down to the De Young, and finally home. Which should total the six miles I don't strictly have time to run after work, since we have a reading out at SF State to attend at 7pm. I brought my running clothes to the office and am hoping, with the hill, to make it home in about an hour and ten minutes. That should give me just enough time to shower and head out to campus. Bay to Breakers registration opened Tuesday, so I'm thinking of the run as early practice - it's the same climb. I also noticed that Bay to Breakers is using timing chips for the first time this year. So my record breaking pace will be accurately charted.

This is the first time my Thursday tempo run has climbed to a distance of over 5 miles, but since I'll be running the 5k on Sunday, and don't know if I'll get in another 4 miles afterwards, I'd like to get in the full 6 miles today.