Well, I've finally done it-- I've promised to run a half marathon next spring with a friend of mine. And I've promised to quit smoking by then (just my experience, but it was easier to drop 80 lbs than quit smoking). It's hard enough to do a 10k while still smoking a pack a day; there's no way I'll make 13 miles with clogged up lungs! We're talking about either Louisville or Cincinnati; they're both right around Derby day. BTW, my friend is running her first marathon in just 3 weeks-- go Morgan!

Anyway, I did 5 miles this morning, with a hamstring that kept tightening up then loosening up. It ended up a really nice run, despite that, and somehow I averaged a slightly sub-10min mile. Go figure! How is it that sometimes you feel great and end up going slow and sometimes you don't feel great and end up fast?