Saturdays are the long run days for the training schedule I'm using to get ready for a half marathon, so I had a nice 6 miler yesterday. For those, there isn't any target for the pace necessarily, but I kept my average below 10 minute miles. I've decided that if I can keep my miles under 10 minutes, I'll be satisfied, but if I get them down around 9 minutes, I'll be happy. Yesterday was another nice day for a good long run, too: not terribly cold for this time of year, not

Running in a shirt often makes me feel overheated, constricted, and weighed down, but when the temperature starts dropping below 50 degrees and the wind picks up, it becomes a necessary evil. Everyone's temperature tolerance is different so I imagine there are people who are comfortably running shirtless in the 30s and people who like to wear a sweater in the 60s; whatever is comfortable for you is clearly the most important aspect of your run wear. I recently bought a great