POLL: When Will I Finish 30 Miles?

It appears that this countdown thing really works. As I was running a little over 5 miles today, I hit 3.16 miles, according to my properly operating Nike+iPod, and my body felt like stopping. My countdown-focused mind, on the other hand, thought better of it. Eleven miles remaining just sounds better than 12 or 13. And it's two miles closer to cake and cookies and pastries and... well, you get it.

I must admit, however, that I ran the 5 miles in slight increments: 3 miles, 1.5 miles, 0.5 mile. Typically, I run sans break, but I have the same "must race passers-by" bug on the track that I have in the pool. But I have neither the speed nor the endurance I do in the pool. So, I took a break after I overdid it during the first three miles. Then I couldn't stop at a half-mile marker again, so I went the extra half mile after another walking break.

And that's how you run 19 miles in the first 10 days of the month.

POLL: When do you think I will finish January's 30 miles?