Last "Pre Training Run"

Went out this evening about 1830 for a scheduled 30 minutes of running, going up to High School North, short turn onto Bey Lea and a u-turn in the parking lot of the OCVTS, then back down Old Freehold Road to home. Hit the 30-minute mark just at the corner of my street, so I walked the rest of the distance to my house, while waiting for "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins to finish playing, having selected that as my "power song".  Have to see if I can adjust when I can play that to the last five minutes of a run, as opposed to the last minute of a run.  Might work a little better.

While on the subject of music, some work is needed on the playlist, since I have been using the same one now for at least four months or so. It's getting a little old. The first nine songs of the playlist, which is about where I am at thirty minutes:

• "Armageddon It" - Def Leppard
• "Already Gone" - The Eagles
• "Land of Confusion" - Genesis
• "I Want It All" - Queen
• "She's A Rebel" - Green Day
• "Back in the Saddle" - Aerosmith
• "Side of a Bullet" - Nickleback
• "Bicycle Race" - Queen
• "Invisible Touch" - Genesis 

Two songs by Genesis and two by Queen in the first half hour might warrant a review, I'd say.

This evening's stats, according to Nike+:

• Total time: 33:56 (includes almost four minutes of cooldown)
• Distance: 3.1 miles
• Average Pace: 10'44" per mile (though I was averaging around 10 per mile, if you exclude the cool down walk).

Additionally, British pop star Ellie Goulding, who is apparently quite a runner herself, tells me I ran my fastest 5K, in 32'41". (Well, she didn't tell me personally. It was one of those prerecorded messages that the Nike+ app plays to cheer you on and make you feel like you did something.)