Trails!

AM:  Ran 4 outside in the 5° weather.  I was cold, so I came home and ran 4 more on the treadmill.  That is all...

PM: Trying a new thing out.  I went home for lunch and ran 4 miles on the TM before stuffing my face.  Seemed to work ok.

AM: 8 mentally tough miles on the TM.  It was another battle between the bed and the treadmill.

T-58:10 (7:16)

PM: 4 miles on TM.  Alternated 1 min at 9mph and 1 min at 8mph.  My boring entry string is still going strong.

T-28:30 (7:07)

AM: I decided to try the treadmill at lunch so as not to destroy my lungs from running outside in the gunk (pm is at 73.4).  I lasted 2.5 miles before I threw in the towel and ran outside.  I am totally dragging and found it mch easier to slog through a run outside than on the TM.  So, I ran to the end of Planet Walk and back. 

PM: 3.5 on the TM

Got up early and drove up to the mouth of Blacksmith fork Canyon.  I started at mile 14 of TOU marathon and ran up to the Hyrum City Park and back.  It was pretty dark on the way up, but on the way down I could see the pollution soup.  I hit it at mile 13 and the temps immediately dropped 15 degrees.  My attempt today was to run easy up and hard down (similar to last sat).  I felt awful and wasn't able to get going at all on the down.  Oh, well, I guess you can't increase intensity AND mileage all at the same time....

T-1:28:11 (6:47) 163

"Faster" Miles (down) 6:21, 6:33:, 6:23, 6:24, 6:08, 6:20, 6:04 pace for .5

Hour on the Treadmill

Slept in, waited for the rain to stop.  It did briefly (long enough to run to Paul's house to pick him up) then started again for good.  We ran up through Providence and enjoyed a nice chat.  I dropped him off at the gym and slogged through Providence again for some more miles.  I even did a jaunt on the Planet Walk.  Bad idea.  I took it easy on the bridges, but once I stepped off the bridge onto the cement portion of the trail, I biffed it hard.  I slid on my hip for a good 10 feet until I crashed into the snow on the side of the trail.  I couldn't even get up without slipping as it was a sheet of ice for as long as I could see.  I decided to call it a day and head home.  All better now...

T-1:50:30 (7:22) 154