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

Nice sunny day - 70's with a cool breeze.  I was a bit warm by the end of the run.  Another progressive run today - 8:58 to start - last 3 miles - 7:40's, 7:38, 7:36.  Knee is holding up well - so far no issues.

4th day of taking Animal Flex - probably the best joint supplement out there.  Considering I have been having some sort of knee pain since late July and now it's gone, well, I have to credit the supplement for now.  The jury is still out, of course.

My plan is to up my miles by 20% this week which will put me at 38 - 39. Hold that for 2 weeks and add another 20%.

Another nice and cool morning - 5:30 am.  It definitely takes me longer to get warmed up so early compared to running at lunchtime.  

Six miles today - recovery pace.  I pushed it a bit Saturday and yesterday so I took it easy this morning.

Followed by 3 hill sprints @ 16 seconds each.

Caught in a down pour during my run.  No Garmin - which was probably a good thing as it would have been toast in the rain.  

5.5 miles easy - slow first mile - felt like 8:30's - 8:20's - fast towards the end because I wanted to get out of the rain!

Rough night last night with my daughter - she could not fall asleep.  I finally got her to sleep and feel asleep on her bedroom floor.  When I woke up and went to bed, I found my son had come in and taken my spot!  Then my daughter stirred and I had to go back.  I finally made it back to my bed at 4:45 - 15 minutes before the alarm went off.  I could hear the rain pouring down and I kept hitting the snooze button until 5:20.  I decided to get up and drive a couple miles to the gym and run my 8 miles on the indoor track. 

Miles were in the range of 8:30 to 7:50.

I am still on track for 40 miles this week.  Increase to maybe 42-43 next week, 50 the next, and back to my base of 55 after that.  I will hold my base for a couple weeks before starting marathon training.

Knee is feeling great which is a relief.

Nice and cold this morning - right around 50 degrees.  Actually wore a shirt (though it was a singlet.)  

Nice and easy today - 9:12 first mile - 8:30's middle 3 - 8:00 last mile.

Great morning  - 48 degrees to start.   This was going to be a slower paced long run but I just went by feel and hit some faster paced miles.  First 3 miles steady incline followed by steady decline heading back downtown, last 4 on flat train.  8:42, 8:11, 7:59, 7:28, 7:24, 7:43, 7:33, 7:38, 7:26, 7:01.