Just a few mind games while running

So I haven't run in forever.  (Yes, look at my log to the right and that's a ten day lapse...)Have definitely been too tired, and just not motivated.  A bad case of the "But I don't WANNA run..."  So today I strapped on the running shoes and decided i must go!  But rather than pick a nicely mapped route and face the knowledge of exactly how FAR I have to go before I shower I decided to go with a time limit.I know that it usually takes me about an hour to run 5 miles. So I figured I'd run where ever I wanted but I'd just try and run for about an hour. So I ran in some new neighborhoods, got a little turned around trying to find my way out of the neighborhood, went to one of my familiar neighborhoods through a back entrance, focused on running a little faster than usual based on my breathing and effort level. Made it home in 56 minutes. Mapped my route and turns out I went 5.34 miles which is a pace of a ten and a half minute mile.  Normally five miles sees me doing about 11:03-11:20 minute mile.  That's a lot faster not knowing how far I was going and not having prior expectations of myself.  How bizarre!!!!!!  The mind is an amazing thing!!!!