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

Nice cold morning - 8 easy @ 8:30 pace.  I am planning on going out at lunch as well.  I would like to hit 70 miles and then taper over the next 3 weeks.  

Mile repeats are on the schedule for tomorrow.

5.5 easy on the soft path near the office.  8:20 overall pace.

Perfect morning for running.  Met the group for an easy warm up followed by mile repeats. Repeats were done on a loop section around Barton Springs park.  We run one direction for one repeat and go the opposite for the next.  A couple good climbers in there for extra fun.  I had wanted to complete 6 of them, and after 5 I was on the fence but my legs were tired.  Half the group stopped at 4 with 3 of us doing a fifth.  I would have been on my own for the 6th.  Saturday, strength training on Sunday, and yesterday's mileage were catching up with me a bit as well. 

Splits:   1. 6:30, 2. 6:20, 3. 6:18, 4. 6:20, 5. 6:15.

Low 30's this morning - great weather for a run.  Ran 9.25 recovery pace miles
@ 9:01 overall average. 

I wanted to get in a medium long run but at the same time go easy on my legs.  So I drove downtown to the Lady Bird Lake trail.  I ran the 11 mile loop from the pool and tacked bit on before and after to get to 13.5.  It was in the 30's so great day for running.  When I left the house it was 39-40 so I wore shorts and no gloves or hat.  I think it was colder downtown.  The last mile was really cold - this is when the sun was just coming up.  When I got in my car the temp was 31.  Strange that it would cool off a few degrees during sunrise. 

Overall pace for the run was 8:20 - the last couple miles were in the 7:50's. 

Hey - finally a morning where gloves and hat not required. Low 50's so I broke out the singlet.  Final long run before taper time.  Felt pretty good but legs were a bit tired by mile 19.  It was a big week so I am not surprised.  The good news is that even with the slow miles at the beginning I would have qualified for Boston as long as I kept it together for 6 more miles. Lots of hills for the first 9 miles.  Overall pace of 7:30.  Splits:  8:47, 8:12, 8:09, 7:56, 7:47, 7:33, 7:23, 7:11, 7:20, 7:16, 7:11, 7:16, 7:20, 7:18, 7:19, 7:25, 7:20, 7:18, 7:19, 7:10.

That's 2 strong Saturday's in a row now.  Will be taking it easy the first few days this week - most likely running soft trails to let the legs recoup.  Probably taper something like 45, 35, 20.