3 miles @ 8:57/mi I was at work until almost midnight on Wed night and had an early meeting on Thursday morning so I skipped my Thur morning run. It was raining anyway. It was nice in the afternoon and I hoped to run then, but that didn't work out. I didn't want to go too far this morning with a long run planned for tomorrow. I decided to just run the neighborhood 5K route at a bit of an uptempo pace without looking at my watch and see what pace I ended up with. It was 8:57/mi., which is about what I expected. With the Utah Valley marathon in 8 weeks I'm going to need to start bumping the mileage so the pace is going to have stay about where it is I guess. I've learned (I hope, finally) that it is unwise to bump pace and mileage at the same time, especially when your body is as old as mine is getting. I've made it back to about 20 miles a week without injury (knock on wood). I hope that continues as I gradually ramp up for the marathon. | 