Doing What I Can

good christmas run this morning. trail was beautiful and i got to see the sun come up and i met the king of the forest (huge buck who allowed me to pass but was clearly not scared of me). splits:

1- 6:54.5

2- 6:56.2

3- 7:04.2

4- 6:47.3

5- 6:59.8 really attacked the hill today

total-- 34:42, 6:56 avg pace

3 slow

4 this am, very windy but not terribly cold. splits:

1- 7:02.1

2- 7:01.8

3- 7:01.3

4- 7:28.7 hill

total-- 28:33, 7:08 avg pace

pretty nice weather this am, got in 5 at a decent clip. splits:

1- 6:55.1

2- 6:53.6

3- 7:05.9

4- 6:53.7

5- 7:12.0 hill

total- 35:00, 7:00 avg pace

never thought i'd be running in shorts in late december at 7 at night..almost 50 degrees out there tonight, weirdest winter weather ever, but i am not complaining! splits:

1- 6:55.2

2- 7:14.0

3- 7:08.5

4- 7:03.2

total-- 28:21, 7:05 avg pace

3

6 tonight to bring 2011 to a close..and what a year it was for running! I set PR's in distance run in a week, day, month, and year. I also accomplished some amazing (for me) races, especially during my fall training cycle. I ran my first marathon, i closed the year with 3 fast 5ks, the last being a PR 16:23! Overall, I was very happy with 2011 and i hope/know that 2012 will be even better. I have 3 goals: run over 2000 miles, break 16:00 in the 5k, and run 2 more marathons (hoping for sub 3:00). my first big race back will be in freiburg, germany in a half-marathon in april, i also plan on running the prague marathon in may.

tonights run was a good one, 50 degrees, i sweated in a light hat, gloves, sleeves and shorts, never had such nice weather on dec. 31st before. splits:

1- 7:02.6

2- 7:06.8

3- 7:24.0

4- 7:07.8

5- 6:57.9

6- 7:00.4

TOTAL-- 42:39, 7:06.5 avg pace