THOU SHALT BE A COMEBACK

12.81 bike riding date with my husband, mostly easy.  Worked on stretching out my hips and hamstrings afterward.  Now we are going to make fudge and peanut brittle and package it with tea and coffee for gift baskets for Christmas.  Fun!

8:20 average pace.  Felt pretty good once I ran off the weekend staleness.  

BRUTAL workout today.  7:42 overall average pace.  Haven't done speedwork in a long time but feel like spicing up the routine so plan was 6x1/2 mile at 5k pace with 2 minutes recovery jogging between.  1/2 miles measured per Garmin on the road.  2.67 mile warm up then got started.  Intervals were 3:15, 3:00, 3:09, 3:15, 3:13, 3:06.  Average 3:10.  According to Yasso this means I can run a 3:10 marathon right?;)    On the second one I didn't hear the watch beep so I accidentally kept running .16 more for a total of .66 in 4:01(6:05 pace).  First one was a little slow(warming up).  The fourth one my breakfast almost re-appeared.  I did not, I repeat, did NOT want to do the sixth one as I was spent but did it anyway and have that proud post-hard workout feeling.  Feels GOOD.  1.12 mile cool down.  One circuit of strength drills.

8:37 average pace.  Easy run--had to squeeze it in because I slept in and then had gift baskets to make and had to drop Vanessa off at my mom's before work.  Father winter is supposed to bring snow and ice and wind tonight--just in time for my 7a.m.  12-miler tomorrow with the group--the same group I ran with Saturday.  Should be fun braving the blizzard!

Nice and easy with the group this a.m.  Don't know the exact pace because my watch wasn't working right but estimate it was around 9:30-9:45 by the feel of it.  Enough to burn off some Christmas calories!  I met some other group members and they are all very nice and they are enthusiastic about their running.  I am going to try and run with them at least once a week.

7:59 pace in the winter wonderland.  Snowdrift hopping, tire track running, standing still while flailing into a mighty headwind uphill, than turning around and breathlessly flying down while pushed by the same mighty wind.  Wonderful Christmas hanging out with the family.  The kids ate chocolate and pancakes for breakfast.  Okay, not just the kids, I ate that for breakfast too--thus the quick morning run!  More miles to follow later this afternoon!

update:  5.09 more in the wintry dark easy at 8:31 pace.  Very peaceful.  It helps a little with the guilt of the dietary sins I have committed today--now I am off to commit some more.  My two year old just figured out how to use her brother's new marshmellow gun and one white projectile just sailed into the tree.  I have actually been eating a few of them off the floor.

8:11 average. Felt very tired and fatigued starting out.  Ran 3.7, decided to do a few at half-marathon effort, 7:02 and 7:09 and then gave up.  Felt super fatigued the last few miles, almost like I had hit the wall, 9:00 pace was difficult.  Wanted to lay down in the snow and take a nap.  Abandoned the run and came home.  Need some rest I think.