Cursed Realm of the Faceless Ghost

Five more miles on the treadmill--it's a bit of a pattern this semester. Tonight, I ran 2/3 of each mile at 8:30 and finished at 5:30. It helps me get some speed in and breaks up the monotony, too. 

I did the preset hills routine on the treadmill again, but tonight I lowered the speed to 11:00 and added three minutes to compensate. One minute per mile makes a big difference, and while the workout is tough at 10:00, it's pleasant at 11:00. 

Also, I wore the trail shoes tonight because I thought they need some love.  

Five miles on the treadmill tonight, dead steady at 8:00. Not sure what I can say to make that sound anymore interesting. 

Tonight I celebrated Black History Month during my run by watching the end of  Boyz in the Hood on BET. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been proud. (On a more serious note, I enjoyed what I saw, and now I have to watch the whole movie. I hope it's on Netflix.)

Beyond that, it was another run on the hill routine. Three miles, but this time I slowed it up even further to 12:00, which is even more relaxed and pleasant than 11:00. Even that slow, it's a pretty excellent workout. 

In a month, we're going to see what happens when you try to run a 50K off of 30 mile weeks. 

I got a late start this evening, and by the time I was ready to run it was too late to make it to the gym. I ran into some serious motivation issues, because I was tired and it was cold outside and I didn't know where any of my cold weather gear was. I stalled for a couple of hours working on some law review stuff, but at around midnight I finally got dressed in what were essentially pajamas and headed out the door. Once I got going I felt alright, but because of the motivation issues I already mentioned I ran 2 miles and called it good. 

I was going to break 200 miles on my shoes tonight, but because I'm a slacker that will have to wait.  

I was going to run in Corner Canyon this morning, but at the last minute I changed my mind and decided to head over to Saratoga Springs to run Lake Mountain, but on my way over I decided to stop earlier and run Lott Canyon, instead. It was probably a good idea. I returned my Microspikes last week, and there was enough ice in the canyon that I'm sure the Lake Mountain road would have been a nightmare. 

Despite the ice, I had a good run, but it was too short. I ran some extra credit loops around the neighborhood where I left my car, but I got bored and hungry and stopped at 9.7 miles. That's not enough. I was planning to run a couple more miles tonight to boost my weekly mileage, but thanks to the freezing wind outside, I don't think that's going to happen.