Today's was a 3.5 mile run/walk.

Ran first 2 miles in 25:27, which is purty dern fast for little ole
me. Although I threw some walks in there as well at 3.6.

Ran the full 5k in 42:20. Kept my running speed between 4.6 & 6.0.
Yes, 6.0 was one of my speeds, but only for .15 mile. Still, it's
important to note that I didn't drop dead at 6.0 mph, so I can put
that fear to rest now.

I'm feeling more comfortable running in the 5 mph range these days
with 4.6 feeling like a light jog & so, kinda useless if I want to get
the miles covered & done with. I did a lot of those first 2 miles
around 4.7, but spent some quality time with 5.4, which I like a lot.
With the last mile, I walked a good bit, then figured I needed to push
it to get a decent (although not Shana-esque, clearly) time for the
5k, so I hit 5.4 for a bit. Did the full 3.5 in 48:30, so clearly
there was a lot of walking at the end.

My average speed was 4.3mph, with an average of a 14-minute mile. Not
great...the walks are really hurting my time.

So my goal is to get a decent time for this 5k in September, but I'm
not sure what I think a decent time is yet. At the moment, I'm
thinking 38 minute range, but that seems awfully fast given that I
think my time today is my fastest 5k yet. Still, that's an incentive
to cut out the wimpy walking. If I could average a 14-minute mile with
the walks, maybe it wouldn't be difficult to get down to a 12:30
minute mile for running the full 5k, which I haven't actually done
yet? damn, seems out of reach for september.