I didn't get as much sleep as I would have liked last night, but it was my fault. My wife and I got new Blackberry Smartphones yesterday, because our current cell phones were no longer covered under insurance, and our two year contact at Alltel was expiring. We purchased the Blackberry 8830 world edition. Last night I was trying to configure my wife's bluetooth headset up to it and I stayed up late doing so. My wireless headset paired up fine (different brand of headset than my wife's). Anyway, staying up till 11:30pm only allowed me a little over 6 hours of sleep. The weather this morning was 35 degrees with a 20mph wind. The wind here just will not let up. According to the weather were suppose to get 50mph wind gusts this afternoon. SLC is also getting the wind too. I decided to do two MP miles on the downhill and flat part of the course I was running this morning. First I had to go up the standard Satterfield hill that I run once a week. The beginning splits were (7:28, 7:02, 7:02, 7:00, 7:12, 6:55). This hill makes my quads burn every time once I get to the top. Then the MP miles Mile 7: 5:41 - All downhill the effort was easy even with the headwind, but it was downhill and it was only one mile. But it felt good. Mile 8: 5:38 - Mostly flat and downhill. If felt pretty comfortable pushing on the flat to keep the average.. Here's the challenge I have for myself this weekend, can I average below a 6 minute mile pace for the whole 26.2? Can I consistently hit the mile targets that Adam as set for us, and keep up? I do feel pressure, but that's good, sometimes you need pressure to see if your capable of working out of a tense situation. The next three days I'm going to take it easy and only run around 5 each day, and maybe even take the dog out with me.
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