Boy, I am FAST again!

Today I had my first key workout in preparation for the Boston Marathon. I am following the FIRST training program and have only 3 runs a week.
Today it was speed. I was to warm up for 10-20min, do 3 mile repeats at 7:11, with 1-2 min rest in between, and cool down for 10 minutes.

We had wonderful weather today. I finished work at 3pm, and was all ready to go by 4pm. I felt a bit intimidated by the pace. I know I used to be fast prior to my stress fracture, but can I be fast again?

I decided not to go to the track, and do the mile repeats on the bikepath. A friend of mine swears she injured her ankle because of the turns on the track. I may do the shorter repeats there, but today I settled on the path. The plan was to have a bite or two of the vanilla GU before each repeat. I am trying to get my stomach used to the GUs for longer runs, and also figured that the GU would be a nice treat after each repeat (Love the Vanilla Bean). The bike path goes slightly downhill one way, so I decided to do the first repeat on the downhill, the second on the uphill and the third on the downhill. Then, back home 1.5 miles.

Here are the stats:

1.5 miles warm up
1 mile @ 6:51, 30 secs rest
1 mile @ 7:02, 30 secs rest (this was the uphill)
1 mile @ 6:49
1.5 miles cool down.

Yeah, I am super excited about these stats. I ran 1/4 mile during the first repeat @ 5:40, and had to slow myself down to make sure I don't get injured or push too hard. I did not feel winded at all. I think I am in the best shape ever. I believe swimming help develop my anaerobic capacity - I suck at swimming so I am always out of breath after a 1/4 mile in the water.

I feel awsome. I think this marathon training is going to be great! Whoo-hoo! I feel so fast and happy!