Ran in the afternoon today as I was up most of the night with one of my daughters, needless to say I got no sleep. Decided to just take it easy today but as the run went on I felt like I had all this energy so I tryed to keep the same pace and I was surprised at some of my splits. 1st mile split to warm up was 8:12, then I slowed just a bit to my 2nd mile split of 8:25 but that was when I got my burst of energy 3rd mile split was 8:15 with a good size hill in it. Then I really picked it up for 4th mile split which was 7:59, that also had a little hill it. My 5th mile was even better at 7:52 and I followed that up with a 8:07 I felt like I had to ease off a little bit. My final split was 7:55 I really like it when I have extra strength towards the end it really feels good , my final time was 56:57. I was surprised by my energy level considering I haven't had much sleep so I was pleasently surprised with my splits and I hope the improvement continues. I also did 30 minutes of upper body wieght training, tomorrow is Harry Davis Hill day I will really need a good nights rest tonight to tackle that monster, 5:00am will come mighty fast. I did a quarter mile cool down which is not reflected in my total time. | 