14:01

I had a good run at Forest Ridge yesterday.  For a change I left the voice volume on my Runkeeper app on.  It really worked out good with the voice giving me updates on elapsed time, minutes per mile and distance traveled.  As I got going I began to focus on listening to the minutes per mile.  After a few miles I set a goal of trying to stay under 14 minutes per mile for the whole 7 miles.   It really made me push myself harder than I normally would have and ended up having really good time for as few miles as I've run this year.  The distance seemed a bit short at 7.18 but I was really happy with my finish time of 1:40:33.  The funny part is that ended up at a 14:01 pace!  That's okay, it'll be a great goal in the future to get that down.  The really cool part is that I've been running out there for 18 years and my benchmark for that course is typically in the 1:30-1:35 range so I was very happy with yesterday's time.  It also tells me if I can continue this positive progress I should be good to at least limp through the Tinajas 13.1 in 4 weeks!!  One more positive note is that my right foot/ plantar seems to be in pretty good shape too!!  It's not perfect but I seem to be managing it okay.....