Date Workout Miles Avg Pace Monday, 8/4 Regular Run 5 9:18 Tuesday, 8/5 Rest 0 -- Wednesday, 8/6 Regular Run 9 9:50 Thursday, 8/7 Regular Run 6 9:35 Friday, 8/8 Rest 0 -- Saturday, 8/9 Long Run 15 9:56 Sunday, 8/10 Yoga in the Park 0 -- Total Weekly Mileage: 35 This past week of training was a tough one to get through--and it only marks a quarter of the way through my training plan. I had to spend a lot of time talking myself into running. I don't know where Monday's speedier time came from; this is typically a "recovery"run from Saturday's long run, so I expect it to be a little sluggish. But that's what I was feeling that night, so I went with it. Perhaps it had something to do with running in the evening that day as opposed to the morning, which I've almost primarily been doing lately. And since I haven't made any  real   efforts to do speed work, this can be my speed work for the week--especially because my faster pace di...