Lightnin' Quick

Last night I came home from work ready to roll into an easy 5-miler. I casually turned on the tv; the news was in high alert mode about some thunderstorms rolling into the area (in February?). As I sat there on the bed bedecked in running garb, I vascillated between staying and going. Given that I'd been in a foul temper all day, I decided I'd try to outrun the storm.

Needless to say, that was one of the quickest training runs I've done. I only managed four miles before I was disconcerted by the frequency of the lightning in the area. Nonetheless, these four were at progressively faster paces, culminating in a final mile below my 10K pace. It didn't pain me though. I know that I'd like to improve my speed to improve my times. Perhaps most of my runs I'm a bit lazy and I need to push the pace more. Otherwise I'll continue to just be a slow runner the rest of my days.