A clydesdale no more!

It's getting cold.  Felt alright during the run but I can tell that I have lost some fitness.  I swear one of these days I will get back in the swing of things.

Came very close to talking myself out of running this morning.  Glad I didn't.  Other than freezing, I felt good during the run.  Body seemed to move well. 

First day of Boston training.  I have never been so unprepared going into a marathon training cycle.  This will be interesting.  Felt really good during the run.

Didn't feel as good as yesterday.  Maintained a decent consistent pace throughout the run but didn't have a lot of energy.

Nice and easy run.  Just enough snow on the road to make it very slippery.  Survived the run with no falls.

Legs were a little sore this morning.  It took a couple of miles to really get going.  The next few weeks will probably be a little uncomfortable while my legs get used to the miles.

Was supposed to be a 5 mile recovery run but I decided to take the day off.  My mileage has been down in the 20's for the past couple of weeks and I know I need to be careful jumping up to the 50's.  Running an easy 5 wouldn't have been a big deal but I want to be a little cautious.

Felt great the first half of the run but really wore down the second half.  All part of rebuilding my endurance.  Mentally getting used to the Satruday long run is going to be the biggest challenge.

Missed yesterday's run (was trying to be better about that) and I couldn't decide if I should start the week today and do the medium long run for the week instead.  Since I have an extra 1/2 hour on Tuesdays because of the late start at my son's school I opted for the MLR today..  Felt decent throughout the run.  It seemed to go by a little faster than the past few longish runs.  Kept the pace just under 8 min/mile.

Nice and easy.  Just realized this run put me over 2,000 for the year.  Quite a drop from the last few years.

Hilly run up to the mouth of Mueller Park canyon and back home.  Slower pace than I would have liked.  My left kidney has been hurting for a couple of days.  Hoping it is only an infection. 

Very cold but the run felt good.  Maintained a better pace than I anticipated.

Really, really did not want to run this morning.  I was tired, it was cold and I almost gave into the lack of motivation.  Bundled up and headed out the door.  Felt surprisingly good during the run.  Ran north on the LPT all the way to Station Park.  They have extended the LPT on the north end and I assume that it connects to the Kaysville trail.  Since it connects to the JRP on the south end, we now have a trail system that extends from Utah county to the north end of Davis county.  Might be a fun adventure to run it from end to end someday.  Averaged a little under 8:00/mile for the entire run.  Second half was quite a bit faster than the first.

Merry Christmas to all of my running buddies.

Started with 3 easy miles then ran 4 at LT then finished with 2 easy.  Goal was to run the LT miles at 6:40/mile.  That is probably the correct pace although not the pace that I wish it were.  First mile came in at 6:30 and I felt surprisingly good.  Maintained that pace for the rest of the LT miles.  The last mile was a little tougher and I really had to work the last 1/2 mile but I was able to keep it at 6:30.  It was definitely a little quicker that LT but was glad that I was able to complete the run without the pace dropping off.  As the LT runs increase in length, I will need to be more realistic and back off the pace a little.

Super cold this morning.  Headed out the door and locked the pace in at 8:00/mile and just plugged along.  The run went by surprisingly quick.  I think that the mental fitness is starting to come back.  The miles don't seem to be as daunting anymore.

Nice and easy recovery run (super slow).

I am modifying my plan by replacing the 2nd MLR of the week with a hilly run.  Ran to the mouth of Mueller Park canyon and back home.  Pace was slow but the effort was good.  I took it easy on the way down.  Once I get into a better flow, I will start pushing harder coming down.  It was a balmy 45 degrees and I was overdressed. 

Nice relaxing run along the LPT.  Headed south this time to see how much of the connector to the JRP is done.  There were some workers about a mile and a half after the LPT working on the trail so it must not be done yet.  Averaged just under 8:00/mile and felt good but did start to fatigue during the last 2 miles.