First 20 miler on the road, and I learned that I am not as trained as I thought. I had an average pace of 9:24 wich is 35 seconds slower then I paced on the TM when I ran 20. I ran into wind most of the run today, the wind was blowing out of the South West and I ran kind of a triangle route which had me running into wind on two of the three legs. It was great training for me, but it made me realize that I have along way to go in the next five weeks to get the time that I am shooting for. I just need to remember to enjoy myself and have fun and not to get frusterated when I run a little slower then I expect. I have only been running for just over 4 months, I think I have come a long way from where I was in January. | 