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After a lazy week with lots of unplanned rest days, tonight I had a very good relaxing run and 7 miles in 1 hour were really easy. Another run is done.

Because I am not sure about my tomorrow night running schedule, I anticipated tonight my MP run. Goal pace was 4:30/km, the first 2 k were hard (4:36, 4:27) because it was cold and my legs were not warm enough, then once I was warm enough I started going a couple of seconds faster each k finishing the last 3k with 4:18, 4:15, 4:09. Final time for 10k was 43:43 AP 4:22/k.

After struggling for a few weeks I finally managed to bring my 10k tempo run under 45 minutes.

45 minutes on the bike trainer, lots of sweat.

6.4 miles at slow pace. Temperatures were around freezing and the wind from the north made this run miserable.

Railways workers strike, my commute  time went up from three to six hours. While I was waiting at the train station I went up and down the train platform (about 200m) for 1 hours covering about 5-6k. It was "fun" watching people staring at me in disbelief, I was probably the only entertainment there. No desire to go running once I got home.

The plan was to finish an half marathon in 1:40 without killing myself. On the way back the cold wind was killing my will power and I slowed down finishing in 1:43:18. I am happy and not too tired. Tomorrow there will be a race slightly longer  than a half, on a much more difficult course where I will try to replicate this time.