10/7/04 - Thursday

Thursday - Sunny, mid to upper 70's. 8 miles. Today was a special day for me, I got to run with Anthony for the first 3+ miles of the 8. These are the first miles I got to run with my friend during my marathon training, being he lives in Australia it's been difficult to get any miles in with him. Running with someone made a huge difference in perceived time. The 3 miles went every quickly considering I ran at a slower pace than usual. After the 3 we walked for about 2 till he caught up with Joanne and his boy. I went on to run the 3 miles that were left in almost my 5K race pace. Felt good to open it up for a bit. All in all legs felt great!