T-Minus 50 Days and Counting. . .

As Spike Lee once said, 'it's gotta be the shoes." Well, it must be something, because I ran a scorching 5K (3.1) last night in 25:45 as I squeezed in my tempo run before the rain came. Hit the first mile in 8:30 with little effort, sped up a bit in the flat part of the course and then came speeding home with a last mile in 7:55, including the last half mile uphill back to the house. Felt great nearly from start to finish. Those runs are particularly satisfying since the accomplishment is in the speed, as opposed to the "just happy to finish" feeling of some of our longer runs.

Speaking of longer runs, we're set for our longest of the training program, 18 miles, tomorrow and we're apparently going to be blessed with morning temps in the 50s and only low 70s for a high. Cautiously optimistic.