Home Course

 Before I list my latest times, let me explain a little bit about my "home course"

It's not exactly 3 miles.  It's actually 2.89, but this is what I use for my "3-mile" track.  I could easily make some adjustments to stretch it out to 3, or even better yet - 5K, but it's the track I've been using for five years - and what I use to compare against historical paces - so I'm stubbornly sticking to it - even though it becomes a bit of a detriment when running in 5Ks (that extra .12 miles is a major difference).   Anyway, when I refer to my "home course" going forward, it's really 2.89, not 3 miles.   I'm cheating you and I'm cheating myself.  It's all a lie!   I'm sorry.  I'm not sorry.

So anyway - back to the blog.

On Tuesday I made the leap.  I ran the length of my home track.  It took just over 2 weeks.  Not hlaf bad.   I then ran it again on yesterday - though my phone died with .5 miles to go.   I was astonished to see the time and pace on Tuesday (24:42 8.33/mi). Yesterday's would have been even better.  (I was about 10 seconds ahead of the previous pace when the phone died). 

Here are the official times:

Tuesday's Run: 2.89 mi: 24:42 8.33/mi

Yesterday's Run:2.89 mi: ??? 8.30/mi

What's even more encouraging - last year, my first 2.89 mile run was about 27 minutes, over 2 minutes slower.   So perhaps I wasn't quite as rusty as I imagined - or perhaps I'm just a little lighter now than I was in December 2012.

Next goal:  Finish my home track in less than 24 minutes. I thought it would take at least six weeks.  Looks like it's going to take about 4.