The Renegade

40 min on snowpacked roads and highway. I felt sluggish.

Good and not so good run today. It was good because my muscles and breathing felt great and I was able too end with and average pace of 7:50, and considering the cold that's pretty good for my current fitness. But in the course of the run the temp dropped from -3 to -2. By the end my face was literally covered in icicles and my hands were super cold, despite having two pairs of gloves on. I took a loop around west of the house. (Still in Idaho). When I got home I put my hands under some leuk warm water but I couldent take it so took them out. For the next five minutes I was in more physical pain that Id been in ins long time. I would have much rather been racing a 2 mile then going through that. Luckily tomorrow it will warmup. After that I did a little bit of hip strengthening.

last run of the year! Wasn't too good. Tried to do a two mile tempo but it sucked so bad after the first mile that I had to cut it short. After that I did a tiny tiny cool down. Weak ending for the year but I can't control when have my off days sometimes. Anyways that wraps up a 1,315 mile year. Next year my goal is to run 2015 miles, which is an average of about 38.5 mile per week, so I can do it as long as I stay healthy and don't get injured.

Didn't get a chance to run today because I was traveling.

Good run today, I actually had an average pace of 7:40, so probably my quickest easy run that in a long time. A couple more weeks of training and I'll be back down to a 7:30 going easy. I ran the Park Avenue/River Trail/Willow Park loop. It was actually warm enough that I didn't have I where tights. (It's nice being back in Utah). There was a head wind coming from the west on my way back that made it a little chilly. I felt pretty tired by the end but it's good to know that it was because of a good pace, not just that it's an off day, and I geuss you can tell the difference between the two when you're running anyway. Tomorrow I'm going to try to run around ten miles, but at a slower pace though, maybe an 8 min average.

Wow that was a good run! I averaged a 7:40, do I'm pleased with that, and also I felt like I was flying right around miles 7, 8, and 9. I took a condensed version of the huge hilly road loop I would do on my 14 mile runs in August. I felt okay in the first half, and then my show came untied behind the Water Research Center. My hands were too cold to really tie it very tight, but I did the best I good. I had to stop and adjust a couple more times going up the hill between there and the intersection of Mtn. Roads and Quail Way, but after that I felt amazing pretty much until I got home. I wish all my runs could feel that way. Anyways, good way to end the week. It's too bad I didnt run on Thursday, because than I would have more miles this week, but I think it was appropriate to take a rest day after such a failed workout on Wednesday. ✌️