Doing What I Can

5 anything but easy miles today. the wind was blowing with a fury and it was freezing cold. Definitely made for a tough go. I hate winter. 36:53, 7:22-7:23 avg.

6 today. Felt really good. It was still pretty cold, but I had a little hop in my step. Splits:

1- 7:31.2

2- 7:05.2

3- 7:08.8 (21:45, 7:15 avg)

4- 7:03.5

5- 7:31.0

6- 7:23.1

TOTAL-- 43:42, 7:17 avg

3.5 mile tempo today. It was a little slick with the melting snow and slush and ice in places. made it difficult to hit my splits, but still came close to my goal of 21:30 for the 3.5. Splits:

1- 6:01.0

2- 6:14.6

3- 6:15.0 (18:30, 6:10 pace)

last .5-- 3.10.7 (6:20 pace)

TOTAL-- 21:41, 6:12 pace

Broke out the new shoes today. It was a little sloppy out with some of the snow melting but figured id break them out anyways. 6 miles, relatively easy.

1- 7:26.4

2- 7:02.6 (14:29, 7:15 avg)

3- 7:25.2

4- 7:09.0 (29:03, 7:16 avg)

5- 7:26.7

6- 7:18.2

TOTAL-- 43:48, 7:18 avg

Overall, My splits were a little erratic. I didnt feel super great on this run, my legs were a little sore.

3 easy slugglish miles today, 23:30, 7:50 pace.

very uneven, slick footing today for my "long run" of 8 miles. Ran out on the country highway and every time a car went by I had to hit the shoulder where it was a few inches of loose unpacked snow, some of the other side roads i took were very uneven too. Very hard to find footing, made it tough to get in the zone. Otherwise, I did feel pretty good so that is always a plus.

1- 7:17.2

2- 7:39.2 (14:56, 7:28 avg)

3- 7:15.6

4- 7:17.4 (29:29, 7:22 avg)

5- 7:09.1

6- 7:22.3 (44:00, 7:20 avg)

7- 8:01.8

8- 7:30.3

TOTAL-- 59:32, around 7:26.5 avg.

Overall, a good run, like i said i felt good. Mile 7 sucked, no smooth spots to run at all, but other than that it was a good day.