Some of the training programs recommend not having a time goal for the first marathon or half marathon.

Today I wanted to see how it’d be to run 10 minute miles for the 5k.

I ran the first mile at just under a 10 minute pace. I ran the first half at like an 8:30-9 minute pace, because I didn’t know how to tell what my pace was until I’d run long enough.

After that I walked a lap (1/8 mile) but then this guy from my old ward came on the track and wanted to talk. So then it became a second lap.

Anyways, I finished at 38:00. Running faster for the first mile really took something out of me, and that’s the truth. Maybe it’d be better to accept a 12 minute mile for now and start running longer than try to get my pace up right now. Who knows.