I'm with you, Denise. My own pace is my own pace. I'm just back from the Shamrock Shuffle 8K. I don't know my time yet (I never remember to look at my watch when I cross the start line! ), but I ran the whole thing. Walked through the water station, for about 10 feet (can't drink out of a paper cup and run at the same time!). Slow and steady. I even ran up the "hill" at the end. Wanted to sprint across the finish line, but I was so middle of the pack that there was a wall of people right at the finish line! Sometimes I started to speed up to match the people passing me, but then I slowed back down to my "all day pace", as a friend calls it. I am definitely built for endurance, not speed. I just get such a rush from doing it at all. Lise