After freezing my rear end off the last two days, I decided to run indoors to thaw out. It wasn't fun since it was my long day. Combined with the fact that I'm breaking down a little bit from the increase mileage, I wasn't very motivated today. It's funny that 50-60 miles seems like so much right now. I guess it's all relative. 15 years ago, 100 mile weeks were the steady diet. I might back off in a week or two to let my body rest up. No sense in overdoing it in the middle of the winter. My goal right now is to be a base monster and get down to fighting weight. I'm now under 170 pounds. When I started back in September, I was pushing close to 190 pounds. I'd like to get down to around 160 pounds by summer. I did have some nice company today. The Adjudant General of the Vermont National Guard, General Dubie happened to to be at the track so I ran and talked with him for a bit. He's a pretty pleasant fellow and he can keep a decent pace. He and his brother, the LT Governor have run the Vermont City Marathon relay together a few times. 12.5 miles. 1:40:12. 8:01/mi. 140BPM.
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