Date: 3/21/2008 6:00 PM
Type: Long
Course: 6 mile creek (5.8 mi)
Distance: 6.03 miles
Duration: 1:13:00
Pace: 12:07 / mile
Shoe: Brooks Adrenaline
Misc: Quality: 5/10, Effort: 5/10
Weather: 32° F, Overcast
Notes: my longest run ever! Six miles!!!

Some calculator on the internet says my target pace for long runs should be 12-15 minutes per mile. I can do that, I thought, cause heck I can WALK an 18-minute pace.

So I jogged to the starting point a few blocks from my house (I've noticed the hardest part of the run is the beginning, so why not get that out of the way before I start timing myself) and I was off!

Despite frequent walking breaks (my longest run was maybe 9 minutes) and even a stop on a bench to dig some rocks out of my shoe, I made it with a 12 minute pace. Holy crap. That's not so bad!

Rather than music, I listened to the audiobook version of John Hodgman's "Areas of my expertise". Most of it was absurd background noise. Parts were laugh-out-loud hilarious, as is the image of a passing runner busting a gut listening to her ipod.

Best of all: I ran six miles!!!

wore: running tights, cotton shirt, light jacket, gloves. Temp 32 and overcast. Very little snow on the trail, which is nice (the snow sorta-melts and becomes uncomfortable to run on). Bonus: feet didn't hurt!
Statistics: VO2 Max: 24.5