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

12 easy with Kevin around town lake.  Fabulous morning - a bit chilly to start but by the end I was down to my singlet.  After a couple of very easy miles we got into the 7:00's for the rest of the run.

Legs felt amazingly good even after yesterday's killer workout. 

6 on the trail at lunch.

Very tough workout - not sure what is going on but having trouble with heart rate - that is - seems to max out quickly.  I figured I would have to run alone since the holidays are coming up and that was the case.  Ran 4 easy miles and then the plan was 10 minutes out at fast tempo pace, turn around, and 10 minutes back but try to bring the pace down.  Goal was to get to a 6:10 average.  Well, by the time I was ready to start the fast bits it was already past 6 pm and pitch black out as well as having to run on the trail - not a good combo - seriously I could not see people coming the other way.  Additionally, it was in the high 70's and humid.  All things working against me.

I made it to about 15 minutes in and I had to take a 20-30 sec breather before turning around and coming back. 

6:15, 6:25, 6:17, .2 @ 6:25.

Heart rate seemed super high at the end - these paces should be around 1/2 MGP - so not sure what gives.

3 miles cool down @ 7:45 pace.

Day off today - went out for a run after lunchtime.

Got to get some miles in to do some pre-eating calorie burning!  No watch but ran my out and back from the house.

Up early and nothing to do.  Parked at the gym and went for an easy run, then went in for some stretching, rolling, hot tub and steam room.  A nice shower and then home for some hot coffee.

Nice cool morning - showed up at 7 am to meet up with some others from the group that did not run the Turkey Trot.  I thought we were doing hill repeats but no, the fun and fantastic Scenic Hill loops - 5 of them at half marathon pace or 3 at 10k pace.  The last time I did this workout I did 3 continuous and did pretty well.  Today I ran a bit slower as I wanted to do 5 of them at half pace.  There was much discussion about whether or not we were supposed to take a break or run them all continuous.  Well, my mind wasn't in to the workout really because it was not want I was expecting to do, but I managed to get through it.  I ran 3 continuous loops then took a minute break, did #4 and decided that was enough, but after another short break I decided to suck it up and get through one more.  My legs were hurting and it was tough - almost 60 miles this week and it has been a while since I did that - and although there were others I was out front and had to run on my own.

2.12  miles warm up and then 5 Scenic hill loops: 6:23, 6:24, 6:24, 6:25, .62 @ 6:24.  If anything I was consistent.

2.12 miles cool down.