Faster

I might be in better shape than I thought.

Don't worry, I'm not going to get worked up over a 2-mile run, but my turn of the Levy Loop tonight was surprising.

My plan was to walk and jog the first mile, and then run the second non-stop, maybe push it a bit. I figured I'd go something like 12 minutes and nine minutes. I covered the loop in 19:37, with splits of 11:22, and 8:15.

The time and both splits startled and delighted me. The first mile was a snap. It felt like I could've gone like that for hours. And the second was smooth, far from effortless, but not hard. Nothing hurt. No stiffness. Nothing was tight.

I don't know, but guess it was one of those once-a-month kind of nights. Much better than the 27-30-a-month nights I'm used to.