Lunch: I missed the morning group run again. Went out and did my own workout. First 7.5 miles were really comfortable and easy(7:40). Conditions were snowy and slippery again. Really pumped to be running in negative to teen weather conditions and not feel like its a big deal. This training will be huge come spring/summer. Just tried to get in some easy miles. Did mile and half at HP. Felt really good to test my hamstrings a little. I need the confidence to start feeling lighter and try to push my mind and body to want to break down the pain barriers. Overall this was a good AM workout. Legs felt no fatigue which is something I have been working towards building with body and mind connection. Excited to see how this week turns out. Lot of running to do. PM: Wanted to do 5 miles this evening easy, but felt really good so decided to do a progressive on the TM. I cannot stand the TM, but the weather outside is more than frightful. Started out at 8:20 pace and every half mile split got faster(7:50,7:20,6:58,6:30,6:05,5:53,5:30). Then a cool down mile at 8:00 min/pace. Good workout. I feel like my legs are starting to benefit from the base mileage I have done over the last two months. This is exactly what I wanted to achieve also. I finally feel like I can start testing myself again on speed work and tempo runs and start pushing my body to do so. My recoveries have been quicker also.
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