THOU SHALT BE A COMEBACK

7:16 AP.  drove out to the Kingman Hills with Kyle.  We went hard from the beginning and he basically ran my tail off.  burn baby burn

Afternoon nap won today, but at least the Voice did not.  I had to run some errands all morning so put jeans on and they were....tight.  I could not believe how quickly the voice reared its ugly head.  I tried my best to ignore it.  Slept as much as I could push it in the afternoon then parked at the school and had time for 3 very slow recovery miles.  Dropped Vanessa off then headed to the Y for a few more miles before work. It was hard, but I walked by the scale and didn't get on it.  I have resolved not to sweat the numbers this year and just be healthy.  Ran 3 ez on the treadmill then blasted hard through 10 minutes of core and off to work.

so excited to have a plane ticket and I AM REALLY GOING TO RUN BOSTON!!

Ran 8 ez in the blustery wind by Vanessa's school then dropped her off and jogged 4 more on the south Y mill before heading to work. I gotta find my ipod or get another one!!

Treadmill Yasso-ish 800s.  2 mile warm up, 8 x 800 with 400 recovery, first 4 at 5:56 pace, then 3 at 5:52 pace and 1 at 5:49 pace.  2 mile cooldown.  I may squeeze in a half-marathon between shifts saturday morning if I get off work on time, and this seems to be a good workout leading into a half.  These were hard in a fatigued  kind of way, my breathing wasn't hard and my legs really weren't hurting--I was just fatigued.  I think part of it was boredom, not used to treadmilling it without music.

nice n easy in the wind through the HS course

Whether or not I make it off work in time in the morning to race the half marathon, I am going to run at least 13 miles.  So, in my undying devotion to 70 miles a week, I jogged 5 very easy on the treadmill.

That was hard.  Gnarly wnw 26mph wind, lotsa big hills, tired from work, splits all over the place depending on what direction the wind and whether going up, down, or flat.  Still bested last year's time.  My buddy Kyle who ran 1:25 a few weeks ago barely slid under 1:30, so I will let him vouch for what a beast today was.  We even got a little cold rain.  Crazy splits 6:35, 7;09, 7;06, 6:36, 7:12, 6:51, 7:28, 6:26, 6:56, 7:10, 7:44, 6:51, 7:13, and a rockin uphill sprint to the finish at 7:10 pace.  Then I showered, napped in the car back to Wichita, and am now back at work.  I am actually very pleased with today's effort and result.