I started @ home and ran most of the Painter's course. A beautiful sunny day today. I got going with long pants and long sleeve shirt and gloves. The gloves came off after 1 1/2 miles. I was wishing I had put on the shorts and short sleeve shirt today....got hot. I started out @ 1pm, 54 degrees. I felt very good about todays run! I averaged 7:43 splits: 8:03/ 7:38/ 8:02/ 7:56/ 8:04/ 7:10/ 7:14/ 7:45/ 7:43/ 7:42/ 7:09 I especially enjoyed miles 6 & 7. I had a guy pass me on one of those 3 wheeled contraptions that you ride by swaying your body. I let him go a bit then decided to try and at least keep pace with him. That got me going to around a 6:45 pace for a good peice of the way. I caught him then took a break and let him go again. Then I took off after him and caught him again on a hill just as he reached the top. I also passed a biker on the same hill as he was going up. That section was fun because it became a game. Those 2 miles I averaged 7:10 & 7:14.
I broke off without the Bloomington Drive portion because I wanted to make sure this was a very positive run and didn't want to burn out. I am going to try and take it easy this week in preparation for the Half this weekend. A 1:40 looks like a good chance of happening! | 