It's a new month and still no change in the weather. It was 10'F for our run this morning so just out of the single digits but still very cold. It also looks like the inversion is here to stay for at least another week. I was getting used to the cold but this inversion is something else. I am having a hard time shaking the upper chest tighness and it is getting old hacking up stuff all morning. I thought it was just a cold but I am starting to think it is sticking around longer due to the inversion. Once again I knew Sasha would be ready for another tempo day and I was not very excited. It is hard to get motivated to run fast when you are coughing up gunk. I went with Sasha for first 1.75 miles but felt like I was having to work a little harder than on tuesday and I was coughing a bit more. Sasha took off at 1.75 miles and I just tried to maintain to the finish. I maintained a fairly even pace to the end instead of trying to pick it up over the last 1/2 mile like tuesday. Overall time was 14:22 for 2.5 miles with splits of 5:47, 5:42 and 2:52 for the last 1/2 mile. On the way back Sasha did another 2.5 mile tempo while I just maintained an easier pace until the last 1/2 mile which I sped up to 6:00 pace or slightly faster. Overall got 3 good miles of tempo pace in for the day. For now I am pleased with that and the week overall considering how I have been feeling. | 