Doing What I Can

5 easy miles today. Still felt a little off. Splits were better tho:

1- 7:18.0

2- 7:26.2

3- 7:26.0 (22:10, 7:23 avg)

4- 7:11.9

5- 7:13.6

TOTAL-- 36:35, 7:19 avg pace

5 fartleking fun miles today. it was cold and rainy, definitely made for a challenge. Did 2 sets of 3,2,1 ons with 1 min off in between each rep and 2 minute set breaks. Added one final set of 3 on 1 on with 1 min in between as I ran out of real estate. 5 miles total in around 36:00, so I estimated the distances to be 2.6 fast miles and 2.4 easy. Good to get a fartlek in to get a nice effort workout.

Today was just sposed to be an easy paced 4.5 miles. I ended up running just about every mile in GMP. It didnt feel hard at all though, I thought I was running easy. Always nice when that happens! Splits:

1- 6:45.6

2- 6:44.8 (13:30, 6:45 avg)

3- 6:51.0

4- 6:49.2

last .5- 3:35 (7:10 pace)

TOTAL-- 30:45, 6:50 avg pace

Mile repeats today. Goal was to stay between 5:30-5:50. Did just that and felt pretty good as well. Took 3 minutes rest between each repeat.

1- 5:43

2- 5:33

3- 5:45

Overall, felt pretty good, especially on the 2nd one. Still managed to close strong on the last one too, so that is a positive.

3 easy today, 22:26, 7:29 avg pace.

long run today of 13 miles. Felt pretty good, except the weather was absolutely horrible for a long run. Cold, windy, and rainy--chafed big time. Had to stop a few times in the late miles to tie my shoes which was kind of frustrating because I had a good rhythm going. Splits:

1- 7:08.0

2- 7:01.9

3- 7:27.8 (21:37, 7:12 avg)

4- 7:08.0

5- 7:14.8

6- 7:08.4 (43:08, 7:11 avg)

7- 7:13.1

8- 7:26.9

9- 7:20.7 (1:05:09, 7:14 avg)

10- 7:00.1

11- 7:18.0

12- 7:25.6

13- 7:46.2

TOTAL-- 1:34:39, 7:17 avg pace