Friday - run 2.6 miles

The plan was to run 4 miles today. A shorter run on the eve of my long run tomorrow. I decided to run a "fast" 1/2 to get an indication of where my speed is right now. Up to this point I've done no running that would be speed work. I'm not ready yet to run an all out mile. I don't want to know just yet what that would be. Anyway, after a 1 mile warm up, I ran the 1/2. I thought I could probably run under 3 mins and decided that I would be pleased with a 2.50. I ran a fast, but comfortable, 1/2 in ... 2.50! As I was running my cool down, I decided to call it quits after 2 and a half b/c 1) I was pleased with my fast 1/2 effort 2) I feel confident that I can reach 40 with this weekends planned runs and 3) it was hot.