Shorter Distance, Faster Pace

56 degrees; splits 8:58; 8:34; 8:46; 8:41; 8:21; 43:20 total for 5 miles; 8:40 per mile pace.

Disclaimer: This posting may not be up to my usual high standards of creativity.(JK) This was written a few hours after returning home from Mohegan Sun Casino, where I spent 4 hours with my wife having dinner, drinking beer, gambling, and drinking beer. Did I mention we drank beer?! My lovely wife is working 70 hours a week as a CPA and she and I had almost forgotten who each other were!

So much for my original plan of running another 7 or 8 miles. Due to time constraints, I cut back my run to 5 miles. It was another random road run, which has quickly become my favorite way to run. I seem to do better since I'm not psyching myself out by knowing ahead of time where all my mile splits are. I just run wherever I feel like running, and keep my eyes and ears focused on my Garmin for my splits. After a sluggish start, I warmed up and felt great. The more I ran, the better I felt. I'm excited about my consistent split times every time I run lately, plus my legs and lungs are feeling stronger again. I'm feeling confident that as long as I don't overdo it, I'm well on my way to running the 10 mile race in 3 weeks.