5k at 7:40 and a 6:15 mile best

Thursday was supposed to be an easy day - 3 miles with some stretching thrown in. Well, I did the 3 miles but in true idiot fashion, decided to stretch the limits of speed. Now, up to this point, I have been true to my plan. If the plan was for "an easy 5", I did an easy 5. Yesterday, the testosterone kicked in, I guess, and I went a little overboard. True, I only ran 3M but decided to pick up the pace a bit. Reason? Who knows. I remember from my previous adventure in "distance running" (I'm a sprinter, remember?) that I began at what was a light am easy pace. As my fitness improved, and as I began to run with others, my speed picked up without the expected crappy feeling earlier in the run. In other words, I was able to run faster, farther, without any noticeable increase in fatigue. This 3M was no different. I picked up the pace and felt good, right up to the end of the run. I ran right at 7:40 and believe I could have done close to 7:00, given how I felt at the end.

I get to find out on Thanksgiving morning in a 5k, my first race in over 10 years. Well, the first race I have trained for........