Sometimes I really surprise myself. Didn't sleep worth a darn last night, pretty worn out when I got home from work, had to cook dinner because Pam went to visit a friend, could have easily cooked and gone to bed. Instead I waited my hour or so for dinner to settle, then went for a little 13-mile run. And darn if I didn't run it faster than any 13 I've ever run, including the first half of Little Rock.
I got off to a stutter-start, running 0.11 miles before realizing I needed to stretch and, uh, do some other stuff. Once I got that taken care of, I got back on the TM and was going to finish the last 12.89. Then I realized if I did the full 13 after the interruption, that would give me a half-mary -- 13.11. So I did. As I usually do on TM runs, I did it in progression format, starting at 9:40 pace and working my way up. I ran the last two laps at MP, but most of the second half of the run was at 9:05 and 8:57 pace. Wound up finishing in 2:02:10, including the minute-10 of the stutter start, a 9:19 average. Not bad for being tired before I started. Now I'm REALLY tired. Off to bed. | 