Okay, so it's possible that this particular route is not quite 1.5 miles, so I won't get overexcited about my time... that being said, I'm still happy with it :)
I'm happy with my times, my pace and how I've been feeling, but more than anything else, I'm really just happy that I'm sticking with it! Sure, I've only been at it for a couple of weeks, but, hey, I've got to start somewhere, right?!?
Today I was thinking about what it will be like to run in a race again. I'm fairly certain I know exactly how it will go. At the start I'll line myself up somewhere in the back not wanting to get run over by the people that need to pass me. I'll get swept up in the excitement of the race and run my first mile way too fast. My second mile will be sad in comparison and wind up being so slow that I find I have an excess amount of energy left for the last mile. It will be hard to pick up the pace for my last mile from the slowness of my second, but about half way through I'll settle into my new pace. The last tenth of a mile is what's really up in the air. I've been practicing giving the end of my run a little something extra, but who knows how that will play out in an actual race. I feel pretty good about where I am physically... it's the mental part of the race that I'm not yet sure about... it's been a really long time...
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