March 17, 2007

What a gorgeous day! Sunny but cool. 8 miles on the schedule for today. I felt like I was flying. In fact, at one point, I felt like I was floating! I saw some yellow and purple crocuses in bloom and a few daffodils on their way up. Yep. Spring is coming again.

My allergies think Spring is already here. They were fooled by last week's unseasonably warm weather. I'm back on the nasonex and albuterol, but I can't shake this cough. It's just annoying.

Sooooo.... my splits are pretty. I slowed down, of course, miles 5-7, but Metallica brought me home nicely with "Nothing Else Matters." It was the version with the San Francisco Philharmonic and I was inspired!
1. 9:46
2. 9:40
3. 9:40
4. 9:46
5. 10:08
6. 10:30
7. 10:31
8. 10:07 (Metallica bring me home!!)
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Let me just say this: 6 months ago I could not have run one single mile in less than 10:00 minutes. Today I ran four in a row. Maybe I should be doing my Saturday runs at "marathon pace" which is definitely slower than I ran today. But I'm enjoying seeing the improvement I've made these past months. I'll run 17 miles tomorrow. They will be slow. As I've said before, I have no idea anymore what my marathon pace is anymore.