Just do it

Really cold and rainy this morning so that wasn't very enjoyable.  I stepped in a huge puddle at about 8 minutes so that was great.  Felt pretty good otherwise though.  Knee was a bit sore afterward.  Probably more from the cold.

I got muh watch back yesterday!  It was nice having something to tell me my distance and pace.  It was still super cold this morning but at least it wasn't raining.  Just went for a nice little run and kept about a 7:30 AP.  Speed work tomorrow.

Woke up to the lovely snow and freezing cold.  That was exciting... especially considering we had interval training today.  Since Fairmont Park was covered in snow, we went to the track at Highland H.S.  We did 16x400.  I was pacing at about 75 seconds per and we had a minute of rest in between.  They felt good for about the first 8 or so and then they started to get harder and harder.  It was a struggle to keep the pace up for the last few but we did go shirtless for the last ;)  I think it's a bit hard because we're just not used to the cold air.  Our conference meet could be quiet cold up in Montana so I will consider it good training.

Cross training day which means swimming. I swear that 50 minutes takes forever regardless of what i do.  

Air Force Fitness test this morning so I had to do my workout around that.  I got there and ran a mile for my warm-up and then we did push-ups and sit-ups for 1 minute each.  I did 70 push ups and 60 sit ups.  I didn't want to wear myself out at all so I stopped early on the time.

1.5 miles on the indoor track kinda sucked.  I had cotton mouth and my legs were a bit toasted from the sit ups right before.  I hit my mile at 5:06.  I have never felt like that at a 5 mile race in a meet.  I did finish with my goal of 7:55 (below 8) so I was happy but it seriously raped my throat.  I will be clearing it the rest of the day.  

After that I did 4 sets of Fartleks 3 mins hard and 1 slow.  I tried to maintain a reasonable pace but it was rather hard.  Then I cooled down for a mile and that was it. 

Went out to a trail by Jordan River that did not end up being so great.  We ran out and along a road and then wound up in a big track for motorcycles.  We ended up weaving all through that (potholes, mud, curves, etc) just to go back the way we came reaching only about 6 miles.  We then went left along another path that led straight back to the same place!  Luckily by the time we got back we had reached about 9 miles.