Clyde's Comeback!

7 miles on the teadmill. at 5:30 temps said 4 here and -1 at the schools weather station. And the crazy cold is just one thing. Basically every road is just a sheet of ice due to no plows or salt trucks. So I just braved the treadmill. Wasn't really that bad with a little Walking Dead to pass the time.

P.M. Out and back into B-hills. Headed out to run the DC loop but once I got to the trail in B-hills it was too snowy to run on. So I just went to the 5 mile mark then headed back the way I'd come. 22F out and the temps didn't feel too bad. But the roads throughout were icy. I don't think I want to go out when it's dark and deal with the ice.

Kept the pace pretty honest and got some good flow in the closing miles. No watch but I'm sure I pounded the 7 min guy and most likely got the 6:50 guy too.

7 miles this morning. In shorts and no shirt! Got a really good sweat going too. But the air is turned up pretty high here inside the house and treadmill running seems to draw it out of me. Another episode of Walkind Dead. I've only got two more and then I'm out... need to find something to watch while on the machine.

P.M. 10.1 miles on the same out and back trip as last night. Got out the door and decided to keep it uptempo the entire run. Hit the first mile in 7:00, then the 2nd mile in 6:30. After that I stopped looking but ended with a 6:04 avg for the run or 61 min's 23 seconds. The chili in my tummy from lunch wasn't ready for the run so I had to stop at a porta potty. It's super cold seat made this stop one for the memory bank.

Lots of stress in life right now. I'm glad that running is being nice to me for the time being.

Out of the house at 4:50 a.m. I've skipped going outside in the morning all week. But Wednesday is the guys run... couldn't ditch out on the Circle of Trust. Especially when we meet at my house. I got about 10 min's in before Logan showed and then we did about 10 min's before Dave showed. In all about 2.3 miles before we left. So basically 10.7 with Dave. We couldn't do the normal DC loop because of all the snow on the trail. So it was a Tour de B-hills/ LV just trying to get the miles in. Seemed to drag because we were in no mans land not looking at an actual mileage while out running. My gps has to be stopped and "reviewed" to see actual mileage. We all had icicles on our eyelashes and Logan had frost over his entire body. He's a sweater and that's not a fat joke. In the end it wasn't really that bad. But when Dave rolled into the Cul de sac and said it was 3F I wasn't very excited about being out there.

P.M. 4.77 on the treadmill. Had a small window while the baby was napping. Took it and got the run in and some pasta cooked for dinner.

Ran the same route as we did yesterday after Dave joined. I'll call it the "ICE" loop from here on out. Wanted to put a GPS to it to see where we were at yesterday. And it ended up being exactly what I thought off my google earth calculations. A little warmer today at 10 F. I feel rediculous saying that because in any normal year 15 F is as low as it ever gets. More icicles on facial hair and eyelashes.

When I woke up this morning ( from a crazy restless night) I felt horrible. Just wanted to bag it today. But once I got out running I felt about as good as it gets. I love to get out and run- and feel good. It's been sooo long that this is a sweet piece of pie for sure. 7:04 avg

P.M. More time on the treadmill. Actually found a good station on xm and it played good songs almost the entire run. That helped and got me running a little faster.

Got to go to a free vip pre opening lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings. It tasted pretty good but has left me feeling so junky all day. Maybe the first and last trip there. So I kept having parmesan garlic wing burps while running- almost led to barf. FML.

Middle b-hills loop. Felt super sluggish today. Poor diet yesterday is most of the reason. That and the 2 hours of sleep last night. The only good thing about this mornings run was that most of the garbage worked its way out.
 

4.25 miles on the treadmill. Was all set to go outside but just felt like staying in. Feeling kind of trashed. Hope to rally for whatever happens in the morning.

Home by myself. What to do what to do... Actually slept pretty good from about 3 a.m to 7. So by the time I got running (after a stop at the office) it was right around 8. Started at the DC and did my big town loop. Into Bloomington then under the freeway. Over around the schools and back to my house at 8 miles for an aid station. Took about .8 of a Gu then headed out to the fields. Kept the pace honest all day. Wanted to hit around 10 miles at Tinman pace (6:00). Did that and a little mroe. Took the trails back down to the DC and was basically at 21 miles. Took about .5 more of a GU and some water then hit the Mayors loop around the river. These were my best miles staying basically in the 5:50's the last 5 miles or so. Hit the half in around 1:26:30... so a good neg split. Although most of the hills are in the first half. An all around honest course. Good amount of hillls and some good flats to help bring the pace back. I'm liking it for training as of late. Ended at 2:47:14 for 26.3 miles. So a 2:46:** full marathon on a training run. 6:22 avg for the day. Felt good and controlled all day. No issues.