Tuesday Night Run in Alpharetta

I didn't get out to run here in Alpharetta, Georgia until late this evening at approximately 11:40 p.m., but I needed to as I didn't run or workout Sunday or Monday. (Sunday was explainable as it was a travel day and last night I went to bed early because I was just plain tired.)

Using the Gmaps Pedometer, I estimated that I ran 3.5 miles in 38:58.65 - a nice leisurely pace of 11:08/mile. (Hmm, it seemed faster than that.) The legs were as follows:

1.4 miles - 16:21.16 - 11:41/mile
Out of SpringHill Suites parking lot, left on Deerfield Parkway to Cumming Highway
1.8 miles - 19:26.38 - 10:48/mile
Deerfield Parkway from Cumming Highway all the way back to Windward Parkway
0.3 miles - 3:11.11 - 10:37/mile
Deerfiled Parkway from Windward Parkway back to the SpringHill Suites parking lot

However, it doesn't make sense the two shorter legs don't add up to the longer leg. So the first leg becomes 1.5 miles (at a 10:54 pace) and the overall distance is 3.6 miles for a 10:50 pace - which is more reasonable.

Works for me. Besides it was cool, yet my shirt was completely soaked. One side note: My new Asics Fortitude running shoes are forcing me to strike more to the front and middle of my foot as opposed to a heel strike with my Brooks Beast. (Couldn't figure out why the outsides of my upper thighs were hurting so much on Sunday. Now I might know why.)