2011 starts off well

As I had hoped, I was able to start off 2011 with a little longer, faster run. Today I went to the gym feeling good but apprehensive because I'd been a little sorer than usual after my previous run. I punched in 45 min., expecting to get something over 4 miles in, and hoped that I'd feel good enough to run for 60 min. Happily, I felt just fine at the 45 min. mark and extended the run to 60. I worked up from 11:05 to 8:57, and finished with 6.2 miles, for an average of 9:41. It was my longest (barely) and fastest run since resuming in November. I even finished the week with just over 20 miles, which was a very easy week a year ago. Ah, but that was then. Still, I'm happy with my progress and hope to slowly improve in the weeks to come. Who knows, maybe I'll run another race some day.