7 Miles

I ran 7 miles in 1 hour and 16 minutes, which averages out as 10m57sec miles. If I can can maintain at least this rate for 26 miles, I will be one happy little camper. I ran with my new toy today and I really love it. Since I am a competitive person, I feel that this will push me to go faster. My goal is to maintain a 10 minute mile while I am running. I did accomplish this several times but when I do my 1 minute walk it drops to 13 minutes. I also know that my first mile, which is the mile that I struggle with, is my slowest at 12 minutes per mile. I ran with my camelpack on as well. It bounces alittle at the beginning but I did not notice it about 2 miles into my run. I do know that the necklace I had on which I had forgot about, drove me nuts.