Ran during my lunch hour again. Today was a cool and cloudy day, perfect running weather. I ran a different route today - it is so nice to be able to run so many different ways and be able to get in some hills during my run. I really don't have that option where I live - it is pretty pancake flat. Course was Lunch Run 3. I miscalculated the distance of this run - I thought it was going to be 5 miles, and it ended up being 5.3. Hit the turnaround at 19:30, which would have been a nice easy pace for 2.5 miles. For 2.65 miles, it was a bit too fast - 7:20 pace. However, there was more uphill than down the first half of the run, so I fully expected to run the second half faster. Second half was in 18:30, average pace of 6:58/mile. This did include a 1/4 mile stretch where I kind of pushed the pace, but still much faster than I thought. The strange thing is that it felt pretty darn good. I guess maybe the almost two weeks of rest I took ended up doing me some good. I just have to be more careful, though and keep my pace slower. I also need to start taking the Garmin with me to work so that I can use it for my runs. | 