Best Race Ever

After spending all day at the BK Hip Hop festival, the last thing I wanted to do was wake up at 6:20 AM on a Sunday to run a 5 mile race. But that's exacly what I did, and I ended up runnning my best NY Road Runners race ever (9:35 per mile)! Apparently staying out until 2:30 AM is a good thing to do on race day. To be honest, I was completely surprised, especially since the last pacing group I ran with was set at 12 mintues/mile. OK...so I've only run one other NYRR race, but I had a 22% improvement in my pace per mile!!! Not to mention myfirst race was only 4 miles and in 2003. So, you wonder how much time I cut during my 40 minute run this evening??? None whatsoever; I could only muster 3.5 miles. I was DYING and wanted to call it quits the whole time but decided to keep going. I'll just chalk up tonight's practice as an excercise in mental toughness. This actually should come in handy because my next run is set for Wednesday, and it's going to be HOT. This is what I get for deciding to train for a marathon in the middle of summer!