I only run on days that end in a "y."

At my Dad's house with almost zero running options as all the side walks are covered in inches of snow and the roads are too narrow with snow drifts on the side from where they plowed the streets.  No run today.

Went to my sisters house and she offered for me to use her car so I could go up to the lake for a run.  I ran 3 miles easy and then 5 MGP in the 6:50's or lower.  Hard as some places it was slippery from ice patches and hard packed snow.

Knee started to bug me at the end of the run - painful enough that I gave up running a cool down mile.  Not sure if it was from new shoes, the snow, or both.

travel day back - no run.

7.25 easy miles - the knee held up pretty good.  Going to try the workout tomorrow am and see how it goes.

Met up with my old training group for 1000's.  It was low 30's but compared to NE is felt like the bahamas.  Pulled my hoodie off at the track and ran in a base layer and long sleeve shirt. 

I held on with the lead pack for 5 and then had to take a bit of a break. These guys are peaking right now for the Austin marathon so I knew I probably couldn't hang for 8 repeats so I told myself I would do 6.   I tried to jump in on a 6th but my knee - which had been a non-issue - acted up.  I worked on it a bit with some strong pressure - it's really lower left side of knee coming up the side of the calf.  This worked and I did a 6th 1000m with no issues.  However, when I attempted the 200m strides it was a no-go.  I hobbled back the 1.75 miles to the annex and then hit the foam roller pretty hard.  I don't think it is serious and with some rolling it should be OK.  I will have to stay away from speed for a while though.

6 x 1000 - 3:50 to 3:40 ish (6:00 ish pace) with 200m recovery in between.

Met up with the group at 5:45 with the plan of running 16.  Fortunately the first 6 miles was a loop - 3 up and 3 back down - so I could drop out.  The injury started hurting when I tried to take off again after getting water.  It is a strange one - it doesn't hurt while running but if I stop and then try running again it starts hurting.  

So I got back in the car and drove to the gym for a fun 1:10 hours on the eliptical.  At least I got in 2 hours of cardio work.  Then did some core work since I was there.

I may have to stick to this routine for a few days and try again.  Bad timing to say the least.  I am so out of marathon shape it is not even funny.

6 miles - 7:40's.