[S]he Conquers Who Endures

I bought these new blue Pegasus for my marathon. But ending up buying a red pair that was just posted on Nike the other day. Kind of glad I did because these blue ones feel pretty stiff...and I am kinda a Pegasus expert. ;)

Also glad I stopped my run Sunday and hit the treadmill because of knee pain. I could tell my knee wasn't 100% at the beginning of the run. It was very tight but loosened up towards the end. I think I may have skated by an re-injury!

Running is getting tough for me. My mind is telling me some pretty crazy things that my legs seem to disagree with. Why do I feel like such a slow poke now when I just ran a 5k at 6:57min/mi average pace?! It makes it even tougher when now we have ice on the ground in Boston/Cambridge. I want to run my steady state runs and sprints outside but it's completely too dangerous. I started today's run outside and finished once again on the treadmill. I slipped on the ice and thankfully was able to grab a handrail before crashing to the ground. Now I'm getting terrified to run! Maybe the ice is at least forcing me to slow down. Ran 5.9 miles at 7:30 min/mi average pace outside. What? While did I feel like I was slow? I even slowed for the ice! Finished on the treadmill with 8x0.1 mile strides at maxed out treadmill (10 MPH/6:00 min/mi) with 1% incline. The strides were surprisingly easy. Every time I looked down I only had like 0.01 or 0.02 left to the end of the stride. Yet I still feel slow. I know this is taper madness but it's still perplexing me! Happy New Year. T minus 12 days and 7 runs left until marathon!