Running Wild

Today I ran on the Point Mallard trail with Lori riding along on a bike.  This was a pretty hot run, with the temperature in the 90s.  We should have waited until later in the evening after it had cooled off.  This was my second day running in a new pair of Nimbus 10s, and I got a blister that formed on my heel.  Also, the squats yesterday and lunges today really slowed me down today.  As a result, this was one of my slowest runs in a long time, with an 8:17 pace.

Summary Data
Total Time (h:m:s)	0:58:14	9:08 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s)	0:52:51	8:17 pace
Distance (mi )	6.38
Moving Speed (mph)	7.2 avg.	10.4 max.
Elevation Gain (ft)	+108 / -108
Temperature (°F)	85.1°F avg.	89.6°F high
Wind Speed ( mph)	ENE   2.9 avg.	ENE   5.8 max.

Tonight I ran from my house north to the Trinity city hall and back.  It's been raining a lot for the past couple of days and it just cleared out a few hours ago so the temperature was still cool.  I listened to podcasts about the prospects of understanding the aging process in terms of the genes that are active.  Single gene deletions or activations can double the lifespans of nematode worms and mice, for example.  Another was about the impact that an inuit tribe had on the ecosystem of an artic lake 400 years ago by butchering whales in the watershed of the lake.   The resulting nutrient flow into the lake made algal blooms that could be seen in the diatom fossil record of the sediments.  Lastly, there was a segment about a catalytic hydrogen generation method that used ethanol as the feedstock and had twice the efficiency as burning the ethanol directly.

Summary Data
Total Time (h:m:s)	0:52:51	7:44 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s)	0:52:51	7:44 pace
Distance (mi )	6.83
Moving Speed (mph)	7.8 avg.	13.9 max.
Elevation Gain (ft)	+618 / -619
Temperature (°F)	71.6°F avg.	71.6°F high
Wind Speed ( mph)	NNE   10.4 avg.	NNE   10.4 max.

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Plot: Elevation  vs. Distance       Time Display: Grade

Tonight I did the run from my house to the Trinity City Hall again.  The route includes a loop around the city hall and the baseball fields that is a crushed limestone surface.  I tend to do this route in the evening and there are usually peewee ball games going on.  I listened to podcasts that discussed natural gas hydrate deposits in Canada that are estimated to exceed the worlds known petroleum reserves.

Summary Data
Total Time (h:m:s)	0:58:11	8:13 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s)	0:54:05	7:38 pace
Distance (mi )	7.08
Moving Speed (mph)	7.9 avg.	11.7 max.
Elevation Gain (ft)	+677 / -679
Temperature (°F)	80.6°F avg.	82.4°F high
Wind Speed ( mph)	SSW   7.5 avg.	SSW   8.1 max.