Training Begins

Today was my first day of marathon training. I had a 6 mile run with 2 at goal pace, 2 tempo, and 2 at goal pace. I am not sure what my goal pace is so I thought I would try a 9:00 pace and tempo around 8:30. We had a few inches of snow last night so I strapped on my yak trax and took off. The first half mile was hard because the road was bumpy and not plowed, but after that it was fine. I ended up running faster then planned and was tired in the end. I think the pace would have been fine if the roads were better and it wasn't so cold out, I thought my face was going to freeze the first mile. My splits are

mile 1: 8:41
mile 2: 8:47
mile 3: 8:23
mile 4: 8:14
mile 5: 8:51
mile 6: 8:35