Casualty at Mile 1

Well I went out today thinking I would do 1 slow mile, then 2 miles at around a 5K pace, and then slow down mile...while I generally know the mile markers for my 4.3 mile run I don't know them exactly (it's looking more and more likely that I'm buying a Garmin watch).  Mile 1:  8:56 Mile 2:  7:36 Mile 3:  6:48 Mile 4:  8:00

I definitely felt like I was going at the 6:45 pace for miles 2 and 3, but who knows. Shortly after the mile 1 marker my headphones got caught on someone's banister leading up to their house and got yanked out of my ears...I suppose this is why I buy cheap headphones.  Time to fire up amazon prime and order another set I must have already gone through 3 or 4 other Sony Headphones, but at $7/pair I'm fine with that.