AM - 6 miles on my own today. I was planning to run with Sparky after 4 miles, but I looked for several minutes and couldn't find his leash. Sorry, honey! I really wanted too, though. Anyways, back to my run. I felt really good today, really had a good rhythm going. Started out real easy and slowly worked my way into my pace. First mile in 8:13. Second mile in 7:35. Still felt really good, no soreness, no tiredness, no straining in my breathing or anything. Third mile I just kind of took of without meaning to - I had kind of considered doing a little tempo just to see how it felt, but hadn't planned on running as fast as I did. Third mile in 6:42. Oops. I'm probably gonna get it for that when I get home. So it felt good to my legs, they didn't hurt, they didn't feel tired, but my lungs could definitelyl feel it. I really do need to get in some good tempo work, both for the ADT 1/2 as well as for St. George. I am aiming at a pace of between 6:30 and 6:40 for the ADT 1/2, and am hoping for a pace of 6:50-6:55 at St. George. I am planning on integrating a nice 6-8 mile tempo into my long run this Saturday. Still anticipating more torture from Lybi too :) Actually, I am really grateful for the time she spends working the knots out of my calf. I think she has helped to salvage my ability to run St. George this year. | 