There are some days when everything just clicks.  You feel good, the weather is perfect and you just get in the groove.  That happened to me today.  I had an easy 5 mile run planned. Goal- I just wanted to run around an 8- 8:15 pace.  I ran my first mile in a 7:50.  Nothing special about that.  My second mile was a 7:40 and it got me thinking- what if I can get 10 seconds faster each mile… For some reason I love coming up with crazy challenges like this to make things interesting when I run solo.  Mile 3 was a 7:25.  It was then I decided to kick it up a notch since I was feeling warmed up and ready to go. I wanted to run further and faster. I had an easy run yesterday so why not push it a little…
Mile 4- 6:58
Mile 5- 6:48
Mile 6- 6:29
Mile 7- 6:28
Mile 8- 6:17
All in all, I ended up running a 6:59 for this little 8 mile run.

If I had set out on today’s run with the goal of running 8 miles sub 7 I don’t know if I would have done it.  I know I would have been dreading it and I would not have had nearly as much fun as I did today!  I had my music on and I was in the zone.  You know the feeling.  It’s days like today that make me especially happy to be a runner!

I hope I will be feeling this good 4 weeks from today… It’s almost time for the Houston Marathon!! I can’t wait! 🙂