Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

5 miles in 44:41, 8:55 pace at 8:00 a.m.  Nice to run in some daylight again, but quite overcast and breezy.  Saw Stacey out along with Liz and Roland.  Felt quite sluggish and a bit tired the first half of the run.  A few pick ups coming back.  Last mile in 7:41.  More storm expected tormorrow so I may hit the treadmill.  Feeling pretty good right now.

Treadmill at 5:00 a.m.  43:10 for 5 miles, 8:38 pace.  9:00's to 9:30's first half.  Sub 9:00 gradually to 7:00 towards the end.  Felt okay.

5 miles in 46:00 this morning at 5:00 a.m.  Easy running.  30 degrees and dry roads.  2nd run tonight at 6:30 p.m. at track with first workout of Yasso 800's.  2 x 800 in 3:18 and 3:19 with 400 recovery after each and 3/4 mile warm up and cool down to and from the track.  Felt good to be back at it.  Glad the track was snow free for the two inside lanes.

5 miles at 5:00 a.m. in 47:00 or 9:23 pace.  30 degrees and a light, cool breeze.  Sore left calf muscle after first 3 miles.  Maybe from trackwork last night, but I didn't feel anything until this morning over half way through.  Nothing too serious, I don't think.  Nice to have these dry roads to run on again.  I believe spring is just around the corner!

5 miler in 48:48 at a very slow 9:45 pace.  Calf muscle still a bit sore.  Needed to take it very easy to make sure I'm good for 14 on Saturday.  Supposed to be a glorious day for a long run.  Spring fever has definitely hit me, but I'm sure were still in for some colder, wetter days ahead.  4 weeks to Moab.  My sore ribs are at about 90%.  Everything is looking up. 

14 miles in 1:58:19 or 8:26 pace with Tina at 9:00 a.m.  She pushes me pretty good on those downhills.  Around 7:35 pace coming back down the hill.  A very nice day for a run.  Sunny and warm after getting going.  50 degreees at the end of the run.  Sore calf muscle a problem, but didn't slow me down much except on the uphills.  Worse afterwards.  Hopefully a day or rest will help out.