:-)

Went to the gym and did about 30 min of spin, then ran a few miles.  First mile was slow (8:20), then I was wanting to see how long it would take me to get it down under 8.  That is harder than I thought.  At mile 2 or somewhere near there I was about 8:10, then by mile 3 I was down to 8.  I new I was under by 3.5.  Dang mind games!

I want to increase my speed, so I cranked it up to 6:40 pace here and there.  Tried to keep that pace for at least .25 miles at a time.  Gym was hot!

45:22/7:34 pace

Yeah, ran the Nutcracker, with TuTu. Had a good run. I say this all the time, but I feel it more now, I need to run more often. I was loosing juice the last mile.

Splits looked like this:

Mile 1 : 7:19

Mile 2 : 6:34

Mile 3 : 7:38

last .1 : 5:18 (had a little speed left)

Over all pace was 7:08

Happy to report that Scott, Kelli' husband finished 3rd overall mens. He ran in just under 21. That guy is strong. Their daughter Ashley took first in her age group. Yeah for them.

The race was fun, a lot of TuTu's. I think the first place guy was from Runners corner, as well as first place girls. "Army Runners" son took 3rd overall. Fast kid, 13 years old.

What a great day, I'll write more later, headed out for some regular running miles now.

******************** AFTER Run Run ************************

Needed to get a few more miles in, Made it 6 miles.  Was difficult.  While I was running I got a bad cramp in the middle of my chest.  YUCK.  Reminded me that I had had a cramp the whole time I was running the 5k.  The 5k was a side stich, but the after run run in the middle just under the breast.  It was really uncomfortable.  About mile 3.8 I walked.  That one stunk.  Oh well, I'm alive.

49:01/8:03 pace

Have a great day!