Change of plans in mid-run tonight. Was scheduled for 8 mile recovery on the dreadmill, but legs felt good after last night's dread-half, so I decided to flip days and run Thursday's planned 11-mile GA. Threw in some fartlek, and my usual progression, then bumped it to GMP for the last mile and 6:40 pace for the final 400. Handled that pretty well, I thought. Nice to have any remaining uncertainty out of the way. it's Newport now. So I can focus on that, and just lock in for the next 16 weeks on scorching the shores of Yaquina Bay, or whatever it's called. I really like how my training is going so far; better than I had hoped after being sick so recently. Maybe my legs needed to rest at that point.Build tthe base, learn to lay down 7:30-ish miles, and go to Oregon from Boston in May confident that I'll be back in Boston 10.5 months later. That's the plan, anyway; let's see if I can pull it off. | 