Closer to Spring

This morning was still cool, but sunny and starting to get that Springtime feel in the air. My morning meetings didn't start right away, which was a nice change. I thought about running hills, but with the temperature in the upper 40s it seemed like a good time to do some speed work. That's a relative term, btw. So I ran my regular route and at the 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 marks I ran a half-mile tempo. My GPS screwed up early on and marked me at a mile a couple hundred yards and a minute early, but by the time I got back to the neighborhood it marked me at 6 miles correctly. I had to rely on landmarks to get in the correct, or close to it, intervals. My times showed under 9 minutes/mile, which seems awfully optimistic. Regardless, it was good to run a little faster on the off chance that the 21st shows up with good weather where I can shoot for a faster time.