Running update

I finally finished all that dental work and was able to get back into my running. I went to the gym on Saturday just planning to take it easy and only do a mile or mile-and-a-half but ended up going a bit further than that! :) I started out and got to the one mile point and felt like I had been standing still - it was surprisingly easy! So, kept going and made it to 3.5 miles! Really good for me. Here are the details:

Quick 5-minute walk to warm-up before I started. I really only did this far since it had been a week or so since I'd been able to do any running.
I did the entire 3.5 miles at 5.5 mph (I did not slow the treadmill down at all). It felt great! I probably could have pushed to 4 miles but I had to be somewhere that afternoon and had to get home! Oh, I was able to do the 3.5 miles in 38:15 minutes so I'm still averaging about an 11-minute mile. I'm not trying to break any speed records here, just working on the stamina first.
After finishing the 3.5 miles I hit the Cool Down button on the treadmill and kept jogging for another couple minutes - got to 3.7 miles total in 40 minutes.

I would have gone today but we had a small leak in one of the bathrooms and I had to wait around for the plumber to arrive. Can't go tonight since I have my tai chi lesson and a tai chi group class. I'll go out tomorrow - either to the gym or just outside. Depends on how the weather is...