A clydesdale no more!

Got hit with a snow storm just as my run started.  It was a fluffy snow so running through it wasn't too bad.  Physically, felt really good. Picked up the pace during the last mile and felt really strong.

Nice and easy.

Terrible run.  My knees and ankles were very sore because of the storm coming in and I just couldn't get the body to move right.  I also made the mistake of weighing myself before the run and it was much higher than it should have been. 

Still feeling a little lazy and not putting the effort in that I should.  Half way through my run, I was at Eagleridge Drive and decided to tackle it in an attempt to force myself to work hard.  I only went up a mile but it is very, very steep.  Effort felt really good going up.  Really fried my achilles tendons on the way down. 

Ran on the LPT with a good group.  Kam, Tara, Mark, Allie, James, Jake, Andrea, Cam and Emily.  I was definitely out of my league.  The plan was to run 8 miles then 2 at 6:45, 1 easy then another 2 at 6:45 and finish up with an easy mile.  Temperature was perfect but it was windy and threatening to rain.  Started into the wind wo we would have the wind at our backs for the faster miles.  Pace felt really good and the miles went by quickly.  Amazing how running in a group makes the time go by.  First set of quicker miles felt great.  Ran them both in 6:44.  The next set were a little quicker and felt harder than they should have.  My splits were 6:39 and 6:41 and I fell behind the group by a couple of seconds on the last mile.  During the cool down mile, the rain really started to come down.  I had a lot of fun during this run.  Definitely a lot better then slogging through a slow long run alone.