And you know what? I had a great run. Just two miles, around my neighborhood, nothing fancy. But I plowed through it in 19:30. 19:30! That's under 10:00/mile! It may not seem like much to a lot of people, but for me to run that fast after sitting on my behind for a week and a half... well, it's a lot. I was feeling a little out-of-shape while I was running, and now I see why. I was flying! I even managed to run the second mile faster than the first, despite the fact that I thought I slowed down. (I finished the first mile in 9:54, which means I did the second one in 9:36. Excellent!)

So this brings me to my new training goal: as I rebuild my mileage, I want to try to keep my pace at or under 10:00/mile. Right now, I'll just worry about runs of less than 5 miles, as I think I can do that without pushing myself too hard. I'm going to trust that, eventually, I'll see my pace for longer runs come down as well, but we'll get to that later.

Also, as hard as it was to get out of that warm, cozy bed and get out into the chilly morning air? It was worth it. I'm looking forward to Saturday, when I'll get to run for twice as long as I did today.