Run Forest Run

OH HAI (that's hello in Lolcat! Is that laugh out loud, cat?) I have never heard of that dialect before but, Flicker said it is... So... on to the running post for today.
Run Day 3.
3.41miles. 41:00 minutes.
Today was a great run. I planned better last night and made sure I had a towel and my crocs for the water. I didn’t bring the blow dryer and thought my hair looked cute ‘naturally’. Then I looked in a mirror and will definitely remember to bring the blow dryer unless I get a great cut this weekend.
I brought my mom with to the club this morning and she walked on the tread next to me. It was nice to have conversation and it really helped me get though the run fast. I was doing great, not winded, not tired and my HR was steady at about 170. I stayed at the 4.5 pace until the last 10 min or so. Then I kicked it up to 4.9 (oohh, wow, I know) and could feel the heat rising. It seemed steady at about 180 –ish, and I still felt good, so for the last 4-5 min I tried to bump it up to 6.0. Not a good idea. HR went to 197 and I was definitely winded after 2-3 min at that pace. I guess I am not a super star track athlete like I am in my imagination and I need to build the endurance before I can increase my mile time. I plan to run Sat morning, outside if I can swing it, well, if the weather can, and try to get in 3-4 miles. I won’t have the HR monitor but I should be able to gauge by the way I feel. Hopefully taking Jimmy to school 2 days a week isn’t going to bum Jim out to bad. I need to keep this going if I plan to get to the finish line.