Age is just a number.

6 easy mi today at 60-70% mhr. Easy run but very cold today.

Ran 10 easy mi. Draper and West Jordan out and back. Felt like Frankenstein for the first couple of mi as cold as it was this morning. How does the old saying go? Whatever doesn't make you strong will only make you sick? Someday, in some weird way all of this will have meaning to it... THR-70-80% mhr.

AM-5 mi. Easy run this morning at 60-70 percent mhr.

PM- Track workout at the Olympic Oval this evening. 1x800m in 2:15 and 10x 400m in 64-70 sec range thereabouts. Last rep in 64 sec. 400m float  jog at 8 min pace between reps.

Decent workout today. Felt more at ease in my form overall even though the 800m pace on the first lap felt strange.  First lap in 70 sec with the last in 65sec.  9 miles total.

Recovery run on the Jordan River trail, Took it easy today and just kind of meandered along. Still quite a bit of ice and snow on the trail.  THR-60-70% mhr.  The temp for the first time this week seems tolerable for once.

Jogged  6 miles today.  Might go more later if  I'm feeling better.  This cold is not over yet I guess.    Was starting to feel  a lot better on Monday but it seems to have taken a progressive toll that showed in todays and yesterdays workout.  I think I will just jog and take it easy for awhile.

I read Colossians 3:23-24 this morning at another bloggers site. This helped me to find strength this morning. It's starting to become difficult to keep work and running compatible. But I believe if the Lord wants me to qualify for the trials he will lay out the path to do so. Demetrio and Sasha both have told me that I have the ability. I believe so too...

Ran easy 6mi today. 7-7:30/mi. Very conservative this week especially with this cold now. I learned about the importance of cutting back your training load by as much as 1/3 every month to consolidate fitness gains. This was from Lance Armstrong's coach Chris Carmichael.  So having to drop back as far as 60 miles this week does not seem so bad. I just can't hang out here very long! After this week I will move back to 80-90mpw for a while. This will probably be the sweet spot for training load coupled with the intensity and frequency levels in place now. Has anyone read about Renato Canova's methods? I'd like some opinions and feedback about him.

8 mi med/easy pace. Starting to feel a little better today especially after the run. The air was quite tasty today too... But the run seemed to help clear some of the cold symptoms. I'm guessing it elevated my metabolism and that's what helped me feel better. Whatever, it worked. No time or heart rate today. Just ran as I felt and tried to enjoy it.