Took the longer-but-faster-more-level route again and this time braved crossing the scary merge. There was enough traffic today that they were slowing going into the merge and it was all okay. Run time was about the same as the shorter route with climbs. Not near a record for the morning run, but within normal range. Especially considering how much riding I've missed this year.

I tried to make a Strava route out of it but it generated some spurious spurs that added about 0.3 miles. You can't fix this in their route creating tool. I also tried doing it by hand but it seems laser focused on putting me on a certain stretch of road that's well off the actual path and I can't figure out why.