Inspiration

I hope everyone was able to watch the internet coverage of yesterday's Hy-Vee triathlon, and I would expect that everyone Canadian in the audience was running extra fast today. I know I was. If you missed out, set your VCR/DVR/alarm clock for Sunday when NBC will be showing the races. You will not be disappointed. When I grow up, I want to be Simon Whitfield.

So based on that, I set out for my morning run, about 8 miles on the flats. My pace was probably a bit faster than the strictly aerobic running I usually intend on the weekends, but I can let it slide every so often. Even still, I wasn't going anywhere near race effort, just pushing a solid sub-tempo speed. I could really feel it when I was gathering my form together, because things would get easier, and at the same time I'd go a little faster. I'm pretty sure my 21:59 is the fastest I've covered my 3.15 mile loop, and it's sub-7 min/mile pace. Not bad for not working too hard. You can't complain about days like that.

Run: 8.4 miles, 24:27/16:28/21:59