Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

5 miles easy this morning at 5:10 a.m.  Saw Liz and ran with her for about 1.5 at very slow pace.  Final mile at 8:34.  A bit chillier this morning with clear skies and light breeze.  Good recovery run from Saturday.

5 miles at 5:10 a.m. Easy running.

Early 5 mile run.  Felt like the movie Ground Hog's Day.  Identical to yesterday in every way, including the car that about ran me over.

5:10 a.m. run.  Just starting to snow.  Roads clear.  32 degrees.  4.5 miles easy.  First track workout this evening at 6:15 p.m. starting Yasso 800's.  2x800 in 3:17 and 3:15 with 400 recovery after each.  3.5 miles total including to and from the track.  A tough time trying to find the right pace every time I start these.  I need to be shooting for about 3:25 since I won't be able to sustain the times I ran tonight up to 8x800 when I max out in a few weeks. 

Way slow this morning.  Very light snow like yesterday, not sticking to roads.  5 miles at 5:10 a.m. on Skyline to edge of pavement and back then lower 1 mile loop.  Hamstrings a little sore from last night at the track, but not bad.  It will get much worse in a few more weeks.

14 miles this morning  at 9:00 a.m.   8:44 average pace overall.  Not as good as last week, but more hills to deal with today.  A bit sluggish especially going up Smelter Road.  Still feel tight from the track on Thursday night.  Need to get that workout on Tuesday or Wednesday nights, but tough to do with my schedule right now.  Climbed from 5100 ft. to almost 5500 ft. over 3 mile stretch.  Left hip had some pain on the uphills but loosened up after a while.  Came back down with a bit of light snow at first and then a colder head wind for 3 miles or so.  1 mile up and back in Middle Canyon to add two to my standard 12 mile rout. A decent week at 42 miles.