THOU SHALT BE A COMEBACK

OUCH!  My infected blister hurts between my big toes and the toe  next to it and on the ball of my foot.  I can't walk without limping.  At least I'm on antibiotics and this should be resolved in a few short days.  To comfort myself I made 3 different kinds of muffins(with whole wheat flour, brown sugar, and olive oil of course)--oatmeal peach, cinnamon raisin, and chocolate chip.

8:20 average pace.  Broke in some new shoes.  I felt stiff and heavy when I was running, but the infected blister is a lot better and it was runnable once I painted some second skin over it.  I think the antibiotics are making me tired.  May push tomorrow's tempo workout to Wednesday if I still feel this wiped out.

Another workout today.  Target was 2x2 miles at 6:52 pace with a .5 mile recovery in between at 8:09.  Went better than that.  Went and ran in Paul's Valley which is more or less flat.

2 mile warmup 8:55, 8:54

2 mile tempo 6:52, 6:47

.5 recovery in 4:05(8:10 pace)

2 mile tempo 6:38, 6:42

2 mile cooldown 8:34, 8:19

7:45 overall average pace.

Felt strong the whole time, although the last mile of the second tempo I was definitely feeling it and got ever so slightly nauseated in the last quarter mile.

One circuit of strength drills.

So, two weeks of eating as much as I want as long as it is healthy, which equated to a lot more food and a lot more energy, and the verdict on the scale is....  no change whatsoever.  Haven't gained, haven't lost, but definitely have been feeling better.  I will stick to eating this way.  I'm not hungry and honestly am not missing the junk much.

8:25 average pace.  Pressed for time--had to take Vanessa to my mom's and go to work.  One of the places I applied for called and offered me a job, but the pay increase is marginal and the benefits cost way more than where I work now, so looks like I will be turning that down and holding out for something better.

My progressive long run was not supposed to be until tomorrow, but since we are supposed to have 6 inches of snow by tomorrow morning, I decided that despite my tired legs I was going to do it today.  The way my training program describes it, I am supposed to run at a regular training pace until last 40 minutes or so, and at that time progressively accelerate , so 20 minutes at MP+20 seconds, then MP+10 seconds for 10, and then the last10 minutes at least are at target MP.   Once again, I overshot it, with my last 3 miles all at faster than target marathon pace, which is 7:25/mile.  I was in no hurry the first 11 miles, as you can tell by my splits, but was surprised at how well my tired legs responded when it was hammer time.  Last mile I was tired and struggled a little.  Glad it is done, I am wiped out.  25 degrees and a little wind.

Splits 9:12, 9:00, 8:58, 8:50, 8:27, 8:22, 8:37, 8:36, 8:54, 8:37, 8:13, 7:43,7:35, 7:24, 7:17, 7:10

Had to get up early after working late last night and plow my way to work to staff an extra truck for the snow.  We worked 4 hours to get through morning traffic and then tapped out.  It really wasn't too bad.  Came home, ate, cuddled with the kids, took a nap, and when I got up there was a lot of snow.  I turned into a wimp and drove to building 1 for 8 miserable miles on the treadmill.  8:20 average pace.  Have to run 11.5 tomorrow to meet my mileage goal this week of 63.5.  Will be getting up early to run with the tribe so it should be fun and relaxed.

9:31 average pace.  Ran with the tribe.  Got ahead of the group a little bit with Eddy and then we got lost and jogged circles.  Finally found the group again and then I peeled off down central because they were doing 18 and I am not.  Central stunk for about 3 miles because it was too busy to run in the street but the sidewalks were covered in snow and it was deep so I did a lot of bunny hopping.  Good ankle stabilizeer workout that is for sure.  Totally exhausted today, Vanessa was coughing and having some problems breathing all night and me and David didn't sleep hardly at all--she couldn't sleep because she was absolutely miserable.   She is doing okay today but we are having to do breathing treatments every two hours.  Hopefully this is the worst of it and she gets better now.