We have a budding running group here in Seguin, and the 2nd Saturday of the month is an open run. I’ve been training with a coach (thanks Rick) for a couple weeks and today was my first fast run since I’ve connected up with him. I went out with the goal of 7min miles, which is a minute faster than my previous 5k pace. I did well, especially early on, but a combination of started too fast and maybe just not quite having the legs yet (or the guts?), left me bonking at the end. As a first go, I’m really satisfied. It was a hair under 3 miles according to my Garmin, and 3 miles exactly according to Rick, who laid out the course. So my Garmin doesn’t recognize it as my fastest 5k.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/297376805#

Oh well, I didn’t get into this running thing for the numbers. But they sure are alluring.

(I installed a widget that shows the run, although currently I’m not sure how it decides which runs to show.)