Christi

Did a fartlek outside today... (ran on my normal 6.5 loop) Did 7x4 minutes hard with 2 minutes ez in between. (Below are my paces with the rest pace in parenthesis)

6:38 (8:37), 6:16 (7:03) 6:01 (7:12) 6:19 (8:18) 6:28 (8:43) 7:01 (8:57) 6:40 (8:30)

I was excited about this workout because overall with my rest paces included I was at a 6:51 pace for 6 miles...  (slightly faster than I ran this loop as a tempo run a couple days ago) (I'm know I am not in great shape right now-but its a start)

5 ez on the mill.

3.5 ez outside at 7:22 pace, and 1.5 on the treadmill.

Attempted to run the half marathon course today by myself... It didn't turn out so well as I got lost.. Half the race is in the dirt- and I kept making wrong turns and getting lost... So I kind of made my own course up-running out in the hills and dirt... Ran about half in the dirt and half on pavement... Avg pace was 7:55 for 14... Not the best pace-but I was happy considering the terrain... (It was actually kind of peaceful running in the desert-my pace was super slow-but I felt relaxed) I normally don't run out there by myself... I get scared of running into a bobcat or a scary guy-but I had my mace today... Watch out!

Ran on the hotel treadmill in Santa Fe today... (husband had meetings) I was short on time so I decided to do a 4 mile progressive/tempo run... Did 1 mile warm up then splits were 6:40,6:25,6:15 and 6:00.. (avg 6:20 pace) The first mile felt the worst-but after that my body felt pretty good picking it up every mile. I decided it feels easier running faster on treadmills other than my own..(I have no idea why?) Anyway I was happy with this workout..