Today

Distance: 3 miles
Pace: 8-minute mile

Reassured myself that last week's time was not a stroke of luck, and maybe something I can keep up while running at a "natural" pace. I'm expecting my pace will collapse to at least a nine-minute mile when I reach a certain distance, so we'll see. This time I did not feel like stopping and taking a long nap halfway through, and that is progress.

Wind knocked over a little tree by the metro stop, and a crosswalk signal. This extreme wind happens all the time now. We are turning into Kansas.

Today

Distance: 3 miles
Pace: Under an 8-minute mile

My goal this year is to run for speed, as opposed to last year's goal just to keep going. How fast is too fast, I don't know. Started out at a sprint and had already slowed to a nine-minute pace by the last mile.

Weather is rising and crashing between 60 degrees and snowing. Today it was cold enough, pleasant hint of frost in the air.

Four Mile Run

Four Mile Run is the name of a stream not far from my home in Northern Virginia. It is part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and a tributary of the Potomac. The ecology, parkland and human development around this stream determine the landscape of many of the places where I go running.

I have run one marathon (Philadelphia) and am training for the Chicago marathon this fall. This time, my goal is to run faster than 4:00, which coincidentally is also faster than Sarah Palin. Sarah ran 3:59:36 at the Anchorage Marathon, which is called "Humpy's" marathon.

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