The weather was perfect. I started running about a 1/2 hr before sunrise, so it wasn't pitch black and people were getting set up for tailgating on campus. We have a noon game today. I did an out and back from my condo to a trail and the course is fairly flat with a few little hills. I needed to use the bathroom about mile 4 and there wasn't one until mile 6.5, so those miles were kind of fast, I picked up the pace a little. After I made it to the bathroom the run went well, I felt really good on the way back. The campus was starting to fill up with tailgaters and I'm about to join them.
My pace was a 9:21/mi which is right where I wanted to be, about a minute slower per mile than my marathon goal pace.
This was a great start to my day. |