I am one with the levee and the levee with me

Took it easy today with a nice 5-miler out and around Cornwall.

11 super easy on the Urb. The right side of my throat is swelling up.... I think I may be getting sick.

I ran to Padden and ran a 3-loop tempo at 6:00 pace for a total of 7.8 miles. The wind was howling and the lovely Bellingham rain falling, and my legs and arms started to feel heavy towards the end, but otherwise it felt very controlled. My knees and other body parts are holding up, other than a slight ache in my right knee. 

12 easy out to Whatcom, then part of Morning Loop to make it 12.

10 easy around Padden.

4 mile tempo on the Urb. My pace was all over the place. I feel fat. I need to diet. Too much cookie dough and pop.

My goal was to start out in 5:20-5:25 and ratchet the pace down to 5:15 for the last 2 miles. I started in 5:24 (good), but it felt hard the whole way. Then I slowed to 5:35 (bad), turned around, ran 5:42 (double bad), and closed in 5:26 (on the fence). 22:08 final time. Does that add up? Nope, I think there was an extra second devoted to slowing my larger-than-normal mass in order to pull a 180 change of directions. 

Avg pace 5:32. I supposed that's in line with my other tempos, though. I just really want to be in racing shape now! I'm weighing in at 152-154 these days, which is waaaayyy over my old racing weight of 140. The last two cross seasons I've been at 144.

I've got a tub of Tollhouse waiting for me in the freezer..... I know I don't have the self-control to leave it untouched, but I couldn't bear throwing it in the trash. This is a dilemma. 

12 miles from my apt. Same run as last Saturday, but less people out and about thanks to the rain.