Speed Demon

Holy shit batman! I went for a 3 mile run this morning in my VFF's. It was hot and a bit humid, and despite that, I ran faster than I've ever run before. I thought my Garmin was malfunctioning at first when I saw my pace was at a sub-10 minute mile. About 7-8 weeks ago I'd blogged that I was suddenly running quite a bit faster than usual, and surmised my speed work was kicking in and paying off. Well, I guess it's happened again, why else would I be able to finish 3 miles in 29 minutes, which comes out to a 9:40 minute pace? This is huge, people - almost a minute per mile faster than I was running a week ago! I was also shocked to see the pace broken down mile by mile. The first mile, which included a lot of hills was at a 10:15 pace, the second mile was at a 9:36 pace, and surprisingly, the third mile,when I should have been fatiguing,I ran a 9:30 pace. Is this a fluke? Only future runs will tell! The other exciting tidbit related to running is that I crossed the 600 mile mark this week, which means by the end of the year I could reach 1,000 miles. That boggles my mind. And lastly an update on Joe - his foot is finally looking better, with reduced swelling. His second toe is still poking up, but the decreased swelling after 3 weeks would suggest he did not have a stress fracture - just the start of one. If the swelling continues to subside, he may be able to start running again in 1-2 weeks.