Why I Oughta!!!

5:30 am easy run today.  Average pace 9:21.  First 2 miles was a 10:37 pace and uphill.  Next 4 miles the average pace was 8:43.  The last mile was an 8:00 pace.

That evening I did a lower body and abs weight training.  Biked to work.

Just ran hard... Pace was 7:27.  Total time 37:11

Yoga was a nice post stretch and biked to work.

The whole run averaged 8:30 which is 5 seconds under my marathon goal pace. My run was late in the day because I choose to ride my bike this morning. I went to yoga and really put the moves on in class. Then I ran home. I know a ran a couple miles under an 8:00 pace. Running sure has felt good over the last 5 weeks.

Yesterday I swam a mile. I have been working up to that for the last 4 weeks. It got easier to swim the long I kept at it. I could have swam longer, but I didn't want to over do it.

I have biked to work every day this week and been doing more strenth training.

Long run today.  I took the first mile as a very wasy warm-up run walk.  Then the next 8 miles I ran at a comfortable pace (8:07).  At mile 9 a head wind hit and that played with my head for sure!!  I did the next 5.1 miles at an 8:50 pace.  The half marathon pace averaged out to 8:24, which is better than my marathon goal pace of 8:35. With all the walks and breaks and finishing strong the last 2 miles (8:36), my total run ended up being a 8:46 pace.

One lesson learned today; don't swim a mile the night before you do a long run.  But, this was good training if I decide to do an Ironman in 2 years...  : D

This evening Cathy and I went for a 10 mile bike ride.  I pulled the kid trailer with joseph & ammon on board.  Nice evening ride.