No, really? There must have been two tons of SOMETHING attached to my legs during my run tonight. I’m not sure I’ve ever felt like my legs were so weighed down.

I very much didn’t worry about pace for the first mile. But then I really started to worry about my pace. It was an easy run, but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t give myself a little goal, especially when my legs felt like I hadn’t slept in 4 days. A little goal would give my body a reason to perk up.

So around a mile and a half, I sneaked a glance at my Nike+, just to see if I was even within a range to finish my run in about a 10:30 to 11:00 minute pace. What? 9:45 pace? Well, even though my legs felt like dead weight, they were running faster than my normal easy run pace. I checked in with my Nike+ several times over the next mile to make sure it wasn’t an anomaly, and actually counted a couple laps as I went around the track to make sure the Nike+ wasn’t having an off day. It wasn’t.

I finished the run, running easy (even though it felt like my legs weighed two tons), at under a 10 min/mile pace. Crazy! I’m totally happy with that!

But can I remove the bricks for the next run?