The weather was nice today and I did a little bit longer run to do some thinking and clear my head. I ran down Kuhni road, crossed the tracks and headed east, followed the road that zigzagged to the SE until the first road that headed back north, followed that road that zigzagged to the NW, then took the road north that goes past the Pacific States pipe plant, and finally headed back west from State street. The total distance I ran was about 8.5 miles, at an average pace of 8:17/mi. The average paces for the mile splits were 8:03, 8:16, 8:10, 8:33, 7:49, 8:13, 8:12, 8:11, and about 7:45/mi for the last half mile. I was deep in thought during mile four (8:33) and picked up the pace when I "came to" during mile five (7:49). Today's run had all the positive benefits I hoped it would, one of which was just to get some miles in. Now that I've finally decided to do Boston this year (paid non-refundable registration and airfare), I only have a couple of months to be ready for a marathon.
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