M'kay

5.5 miles in 42:58, 7:49/mi.  Overcast and some light rain (45F). Legs a bit sore from yesterday. 

Garmin 405 evidently decided to stop what it was doing at precisely 9:04:42 pm last evening....completely frozen and non-responsive to the soft and hard reset button pushes.  Why oh why didn't I just get my 305 repaired?

6.5 miles in 50:58, 7:50/mi, HR 151.  Cool but sunny (43F).  After yesterday's run, I cut, packed and split more firewood from our back property, giving my legs an additional workout.  Consequently, today they felt a bit worn out so easy was pretty slow, especially for the first couple of miles.  The good news is that my 405 battery finally died, essentially unfreezing it when I recharged it.  I did a hard reset hoping a good swift kick in the electrons will keep it fixed.

4 miles in 31:32, 7:53/mi.  Overcast and cool (42F).  Slow miles, especially the first one.  Just didn't feel like stretching it out any until the downhill on the way back.

8 miles in 1:01:13, 7:39/mi, HR 159.  Felt inversely proportional to how I felt waking up this morning on this run (tired, miserable wakeup --> great run).  Legs felt some pep (finally) and I noticed that my left adductors weren't sore, something that evidently hasn't happened for a long time because it was/felt noteworthy.  So the easy run went well and the 10 short hill sprints sprinkled into the first half felt even better.  Nice to have runs like these every now and then.

4 miles in 30:30, 7:37/mi, HR 152.  Took about a mile to work thru some stiffness from earlier but warmed up nicely and had a good strong second run.

8 miles in 1:00:26, 7:33/mi, HR 156.  First mile was a bit rough with some residual leg fatigue but shook that off and settled into a good pace.  Concentrated on belly breathing and fuller strides after noticing issues with both items recently.  Wound up with a nice moderate paced run.

6 x Yasso 800 Workout.  12.94 miles in 1:35:11, 7:21/mi, HR 152.  30 minute warmup, 3.88 mi, 7:43/mi, HR 145.  6 x 800m repeats, w/ ~2:55 rest.  30 minute cooldown, 3.87 mi, 7:44/mi, HR 149.

Only goals for these repeats was to keep them under 3:00 and ideally under 2:55 each.  First real speedwork in a while so I didn't expect to do very well.  Repeat 2 hurt pretty badly but the others just hurt....normally.  Was tired by the end and glad I only had to do 6.

6.5 miles in 51:24, 7:54/mi, HR 151.  Nasty weather today.  Managed to catch a storm moving through, so faced horizontal rain, wind gusts that stopped me in my tracks, and cooler (37F) temps.  Combined with some soreness in both adductors/hip flexors from yesterday's workout, today was about keeping things easy.

4 miles in 31:48, 7:57/mi, HR 146.  Wet but a bit warmer (39F) and no more winds.  Legs tired and dragging them uphill was tough, but stretched out a bit headed back downhill.  Tomorrows long run will be interesting.

16 miles in 2:14:51, 8:25/mi, HR 145.  Snow and cold (33F).  First run with Stabilicers cleats to help with traction in the slush on the 2 road miles and the snow/slush/mud on the 14 trail miles.  Most of the running was on snow with a depth ranging from 1-6", and the cleats really helped with traction.  My only gripe is that the toe portion kept shifting on my right shoe to the left so every mile or two I'd have to pause to adjust the fit.....the wide toe-box on the ASICS shoes seemed to prevent a more stable fit.  

Today's run was slow but very tiring....between the hills (several) and the snow, I was pretty zapped by the time I made it back to dry land (i.e. the last road mile) and even with good footing I only managed a 7:49 final mile.  Definitely a strength run, but a good time in some very scenic countryside.