21 Miles in 2:10:25 (6:41/mile) on a cool, BUT NOT COLD, morning of 45 degrees in my West Little Rock neighborhood. Now, it did feel slightly cooler at times because of a slight breeze that kicked up around 5:00-5:30 am, but at this point, I was already 12 Miles in. Why the attitude, you ask? Well, inexplicably, I started this run in my Nike ProCombat pants (make fun of me if you'd like--I deserve it), long-sleeve tech shirt, and toboggan. Hell, last week I did a 10-mile tempo run at the same temp with no shirt. But alas, hooray for shedding, which I did pretty early into the run. Other than the poor planning with respect to the weather, and a pit stop that through me off my target pace of 6:40, I actually felt pretty good this morning considering this is the highest mileage of ever run in a single week (and I still have tomorrow's short recovery run). It has been one of the better three-week training periods of my short distance running career, and I feel pretty good about where I am as I begin to taper for a small, local marathon along the White River near Mountain Home, Arkansas on November 19, 2011. Wesley | 