Promising

I decided to try out the half-mile tonight. I figured I needed a little break from running the same mile-long route each day, plus I wanted to gauge my speed. I used to love to run the 800 in high school. To me it was a perfect combination of speed and endurance. My half-mile PR is 2:23, and though competitively speaking that's not a great time, it's going to be tough to beat today, mainly because it's going to take more than simply conditioning. Well, my half-mile time tonight, surprisingly, was 3:39. Considering I've been running miles over 9 minutes long, I figured my half-mile would be in the 4 or 5 minute range. So I was very delighted to get a 3:39. It means that I should be running 7 minute miles, but obviously it's the second half of the mile when I'm tanking out.

I'll keep working at these distances. I'm definitely not ready for heavy mileage yet. I'd like to get my mile time into the 7 minute range before I consider timing my two and three-mile. And I'll keep working at that half-mile. Hopefully after a couple more weeks of training I can drop into the 2 minute range. And from there my PR will be in sight!