indigoiis - congrats on your 5K time! I'd love to be able to run that fast. I'm doing my first half marathon in October, and hope to run 10:30-10:45. My 10K race pace in May was 10:11, so I think that should be doable.

I ran 12 miles this morning. Geez, I hate getting up that early! I didn't even hear the alarm the first 2 times it went off (it's not on my side of the bed) and didn't get up until 4:30 (meant to be up at 4:00). Made it out of the house at 5:00 and was back by 7:15. I started out feeling sluggish, but felt GREAT from mile 5 to mile 11. I kept expecting to feel the soreness creep in as it usually does by mile 8, but it didn't hit until mile 11. Yay!

The only real negative this morning was my bra. It chafed the %^$# out of me under my arms. It started bugging me at mile 2, and by mile 10 I felt like it was wearing a hole in my skin. It's time to retire it. It's still in great shape, but I don't quite fill it out anymore, so it was moving around too much. For a girl who has always had trouble finding bras BIG enough, this is completely disorienting.