Bret

Took the day off - I think my first one in a few weeks. 

AM - 4 miles easy this morning - felt creaky and sluggish to start - probably ran ok - but was hoping the day off yesterday would have me feeling refreshed this morning - but as it turns out - not so much.

PM - lunchtime - I ran on the treadmill as the outside temperature seemed way too hot.  Glad I did.  I also wore the HR monitor for the first time in a while and decided to keep the pace in HR Zone 3 - as I think I may be doing some of my easy runs too hard.  Indeed I sometimes get impatient on runs and will pick up the pace just to get them completed faster.  I think this was a good idea - as I kept the pace pretty steady at 7:30-7:35 and had an avg HR of 137 for the 7 miles I ran.  Felt somewhat rested and less drained afterwards.

PM - good threshold workout.  2 mile warm up then 8 x 5 mins at 6:24 pace on the treadmill with a 30 sec rest between each one - then 2 mile cool down.  I used the heartrate monitor on this and had to slow the pace slightly on the last three to keep myself in the threshold zone and not exceed it.  Pleased with the effort. 

AM - easy 3.0 miles - shake-out run after yesterday evening's workout.  Felt good - though I tend to have a delayed onset of soreness - so expect either my second run today or tomorrow to feel it a bit more.

PM - short on time, I was able to squeeze in about 6.5 miles during lunch outside.  Though it was hot, the humidity was down - so it wasn't too bad.  I was extremely hungry during the run - to the point where I was a bit shakey.  Odd too, because I had breakfast and a granola bar and juice later in the morning too.

PM - 12 miles more or less during Delaney's soccer practice.  Nothing special.

Unplanned day off.  Had too much going on at work then drove my 2nd daughter, Riley, a senior this year in high school, to UF for a campus tour - then will stay for the Tennessee game on Saturday.

AM - had a horrible night sleeping at the hotel - lots of revellers for the Gator/Volunteer game were up late stomping around - plan was to try to get up early to get a long run in, knowing the rest of the day would be tough to get much more in -- but the lack of sleep kept me from getting up too early.  Got 10 miles in with a jaunt around the newly resurfaced track at UF.  People were already setting up tailgate parties at 7 am for a 3:30 pm game.