So I decided that when I go for my shorter runs that I will go i-podless...completely without my tunes. However, my 4 mile night JOG turned into one badass workout with my sprinting away from every little noise I heard in the bushes at about 5 minute intervals. LOL It looks like I can either break the rules and jam while I run or I can follow the rules and psych myself out to the point of exhaustion.....

4.2 miles
41:2

10 miles

Finally....I've been working hard to get here and it's finally showing in mileage because I can honestly say that I wasn't certain I'd ever hit the 10 mile mark. Too bad that's still 16.2 miles short of where I need to be!
10 miles...just under 2 hours.
Stopped once at a crosswalk for about 2 minutes because of heavy traffic and turned off the tunes about 4 miles in. (been trying to run more with less music to get a feel for it.

If you're still out there hope you're doing well and that being in the "real world" hasn't been too scary=)