Didn't have much time today so I had to make up for quantity with quality. Mother nature didn't like my plan so I suffered. I ran the 5 mile River Trail out and back run with 1 mile repeated to make the run 6. I started out with a 7:30 mile warmup. I then did a mile in 6:15, a recovery mile in 7:45, a fast mile in 6:15, followed by two 7:30 miles to finish. I was originally trying for 6:30 pace on the two tempo miles, but it was dark and snowing so I had a hard time determining my pace until I was done with the mile. I was pleasantly suprised that I was 15 seconds fast so I tried to do the same for the second tempo mile and I did. I was completely drenched by the third mile and my legs got pretty cold, but I am glad I ran. Total Time: 42:45 Ave HR: 161 Max HR: 180 (that seems high as during the tempo miles I checked my HR and I was closer to 170-175 the whole time. It must have spiked for a short period of time) | 