Training

TM day with my son at the club.

2 miles at 7:15 and 2 at 6:58

Ran a progressive 4 on the TM in the morning.  1.5 at 7:30, 1.5 at 7:13, and 1 at 6:58.

5 miles on the greenbelt at noon.    The temperature was about 31 with moderate breezes.  Ran at a decent pace, but I am still waiting for my watch to rise from the snow in our backyard (Coco the dog will probably spot it first and eat it), so my time is unknown. 

TM in the morning.   5 miles at 7:30 and 1 at 7:13.

Ran a cool 5.1 around the greenbelt at noon with Jeff.  Weather was around 30 and breezy again, but the path is nearly clear.  Times were good (for me!) except the last mile I backed off for a side ache.

Outside run in the evening.  Clear and cool.  Made it back just as the sun set

TM in the morning for 3.1.

Greenbelt loop at noon for a pleasant run..  Clear and cold (11 F) again.  It's Hard to believe this is March.

I was short on time this morning, but managed 3.5 on the treadmill.  average time was 7:15.  I am planning a long run of about 15 for Saturday, so will not run at noon.  It may be snowing tomorrow, but unless it's terrible out I am going!.

Took a nice long progressive outside run with jtshad today.  The temperature was in the high 20's with little wind and a light cloud cover.  We planned to run at around 8:30 for 5 miles, then up to 8:15 for 5 and the last 5 at an 8 minute pace.  Jt was very good about letting me set the pace and we were a little faster for the entire run, finishing with an average speed of just under 8 minute miles.  This is my longest run so far and the first time for drinking water and eating GU.  That really seemed to help as I felt pretty decent at the end.  However, as I write this my legs are feeling the distance a bit.  Overall an excellent run.   Thanks  Jeff!

Ran the greenbelt at noon.  The time change combined with a motivational problem kept me from the TM this morning.  Nice easy pace about 7:50/mile.  The day is sunny, about 30 and light winds. 

Short morning on the TM.  I spent half my time on a stair stepper waiting for a TM.

  The health club is preparing to remodel and has essentially quit maintaining their treadmills based on getting new ones "in the spring."  Until they get the new treadmills,  finding a funtional one is getting tough.  Six were not working right and the rest were full.   I complained to the desk person today - she was very sympathetic.

Noon - Went outside for a greenbelt run.  It was snowing heavily with about 2 inches of mashed potato quality snow on the path.  After falling twice, I settled into a slow pace and made the 5 mile loop.  I am very ready for spring, but suspect this will be one of those Idaho winter to summer transition years where the temperature goes from 45 to 86 one day in June.  Temp - 29 F

TM in the AM!

TM in the morning.

Outside for a quick (for me!) 4.5 miles at noon.  The day was breezy and in the high 20's.  The path is now all clear except under the overpass!  I unfortunately let other priorities  (friends - family - work) get in the way of running last week and really fell down on miles.  I hope for better performance this week.

Ran the TM in the morning for 4.5 miles.  Ran 3.5 miles at a 7:30 pace and 1 mile at 6:53.  

Outside for a 5.1 mile noon run around the greenbelt.  The day is gray with light winds and about 32 F.  It was a nice run and there are even a few places where I could run on the grass.  For the most part though, the path is still surrounded by 1- 2 ft of snow.  We just  have not had any warm weather yet to take the snow out.  Cmon spring! 

Running late again but managed to get 3.5 miles on the TM this morning. Pace was 7:30 then kicked it up to 6:58 for 1.5 miles.

Greenbelt run at noon.  Windy and mid 30's made for a lot of melting snow.  Hopefully it will be gone soon...  Ran the 6 mile loop around the river.  I will try for a 17 mile run this weekend!

Nice easy loop around the greenbelt with a coworker.  Our pace was about 8:45.  Temperature is 35 with 20+ mph winds.  Feel good and looking forward to a long run tomorrow 

Ran 18 miles on the country roads from the house today.  The weather was decent with sunny skies, light winds and about 30 F.  Ran an average of about 8:15 for the first 11 miles and then about 7:55 average for the last 7 miles for an overall average speed of 8:07.  I staged 3 water stops but decided, for my first run this long, I really did not want to make a big uphill in the last 3 miles.  So at mile 13, I changed the route for a little saner climb back to the house   Because of the change, I missed the last water.  Not sure if there is a relationship, but I felt a little rough for a while about an hour after the run,   It was a nice run and I felt like I could have kept going (as long as it wasn't up that steep hill!),  Now I need to do a 20 and maybe a 22 miler before Ogden.

Took my boys and dog out for a walk/run up the hill.  It was pretty laid back and I thing we spent more time breaking ice on the Blackhawk pond than actually running, but I'll claim the miles anyway.  Temp - 40ish, no wind. 

No morning run today.   I planned to go and have lots of excuses but basically lazyness dominated again!  Maybe tomorrow.  

Outside for a windy 5 mile run at noon.  The wind was almost too much today, but the temperature was mid 40's so I held onto my hat and went.  The times were pretty good and if the GPS had not lost signal, I may have ended up with 4 fast (under 7:30 is my outside fast) miles.  I am planning to take my daughter to northern Idaho later this week for a college tour, so my miles may be light again this week.  I will try to run while there, particulaly since it is a much lower elevation and warmer climate.  

Treadmill run in the morning for 4 miles.  2 @ 7:30 and 2 @6:58.

Another windy cool day.  Ran outside for 6 miles at noon.  Temp - 37

Spent the weekend in northern Idaho for parents weekend at the U of I.  I managed to get a hilly early morning run in the town of Lewiston (elevation 750 ft).  The climate is very mild compared to home, in fact these folks are already mowing lawns!  The I felt like superman since I usually run at 4700 ft.  The morning temp was 30 with no wind.

Went for an easy 8.5 from home this afternoon. I felt a little lazy after all that driving this weekend and went at about an 8:15 pace. The temp was 35 with light breezes.  I need a little motivation and a long run next weekend

Outside for a windy 5 miles with jtshad at noon.  The weather was not very inviting, but at least the new snow was melted off the path.  It is forecast to improve for the rest of the week and into the 50's for the long weekend run.   We'll see......