10.2 miles / 8:48 avg. From home to the mystery field track for a few laps then back. Sunny, 18F.

WT 57.6 miles

6 miles on the hard snow packed fire break road with the dog. Partly sunny, balmy 25F.

WT 55.1 miles

10 miles / 8:43 avg. From work. Mostly cloudy, 25F.

WT 56.9 miles

12 miles / 8:18 avg. Bluff trail. Overcast, 23F. Felt better today than I have in over a week. Refreshing. Still, took a while to warm up.

Splits:  8:29, 8:37, 8:44, 8:10, 8:17, 8:16, 8:10, 8:29, 8:06, 8:02, 8:37, 7:46

WT 55.2 miles

Easy 8. From work. SUN, 28F.

WT 57.2 miles

10 miles / E-C pace. Bluff trail. Some sun, 23F.

Pretty much the most miserable run I can remember enduring in recent times.I had originally planned to run 8 but since it was going so poorly I thought I'd better do 10 and at least salvage some mileage from the effort.

WT 67.2 miles

7 days in a row = day off. Hopefully this little storm that's supposed to come in tomorrow will scrub some of the doo-doo out of the air.

10 miles / 8:23 avg. From work. Overcast, low 20's temp. I'm a broken record this week.

Splits: 8:37, 8:24, 8:21, 8:28, 8:18, 8:15, 8:42, 8:17, 8:24, 8:15

WT 56 miles

5 miles easy at the Mystery Field Track with the young, large dog. Sun, 21F.

WT 55 miles

Excuses for not running today:

1) I'm not really training for anything yet. (Though maybe I should be).

2) I've had this little lingering cold for two weeks that won't go away.

3) Every fiber of my being sais "don't run today" and I'm just not inclined to fight it.

WARNING: RAMBLE AHEAD.

Maybe I'm not cut out to be a high mileage runner. I hit a high week of 67 miles last Thursday, but I certainly won't be repeating that again this week. It seems like my body can handle 60-70 mpw for a couple of weeks in a row but then needs a break. Perhaps it's age and my mileage buildups just need to come slower.  It could be that I'm expecting too much after just a couple of solid years of running (really, 2 1/2 years). Maybe it will take four or five years before I can handle several 70-80 mile weeks in a row. For now I'll just keep plugging away as best as I can and hope that someday all the work will allow some breakthroughs here and there. The long term plan is to reach my running prime in my early 50's (I'm 46 yrs old). I've got to be patient and do it right; stay healthy, avoid injury. I'm certainly grateful to be healthy and running today.

Still sick.

10 miles / easy. From home, clark/glovers loop. 20F

WT 35 miles.

8.5 miles / 8:50 avg. From work. 28 degrees and sunny.

WT 33.5 miles

4 miles / Trudge-a-palooza on the Bluff trail. Mostly sunny, 32F.

WT 37.5 miles

13.1 miles / 1:46:44 / 8:09 avg. Overcast, 38F. Started at the nature preserve in west farmington and did the glovers/clarke loop. Nice to have a good run after a week of poop running.

Splits: 8:19, 8:12, 8:24, 8:11, 8:13, 8:02, 8:11, 8:26, 8:02, 7:59, 8:15, 7:59, 7:50, + .1 @ 7:00.

WT 40.6 miles

Easy 5 at the MFT with dog. Light rain, 38F.

WT 40.6 miles

10 miles / The Very Easy. Bluff trail. Kind of sunny, 41F.

WT 50.6 miles

No run today. Six runs in a row = day of rest. At least that's how I'm playing it this week.

AM - Easy 8 / 9:24 avg. Progression run. From work. Mostly sunny, 35F, windy out of the North. Proud of myself for exercising a little discipline over my pace today. If it's just for miles, and not a workout, there's no reason to push the pace.

Splits: 10:05, 9:53, 9:38, 9:27, 9:20, 9:07, 8:55, 8:42..

PM - 4 miles / Easy on the MFT after work with dog. Sun, 40F.

WT 52.6 miles

12.6 miles / 8:36 avg. From work. Mostly sunny, 35F. All easy today except miles 7, 8, and 9, which I put more effort and focus into, so kind of like a 3 mile tempo @ HM pace.

Splits: 9:19, 8:51, 8:53, 8:37, 9:00, 8:52, 7:47, 7:47, 7:41, 8:58, 8:42, 8:40, + .6 @ 8:44.

WT 56.7 miles

Easy 5 miles on the LPT. Overcast, 40F.

WT 57.7 miles

17.4 miles. Long slow distance today. Where does endurance go? Commute run home from work. Cloudy, sunny, calm, windy, warm, chilly, and some light snow in the last mile. 9:12 avg.

WT 62 miles

Not a runner today. Too bad because it's sunny and 40 degrees.

4.3 miles / easy. From work. Sunny 38F. Short on time and sleep today. Maybe more tonight.

WT 51.3 miles

AM - Easy 8. Bluff trail. SNOW, 32F. 9:40 avg.

PM - 4 miles breaking trail on the fire break road with the dog. Headlamp and such. Really nice night. after snowing most of the day, the skies were mostly clear and the stars were crazy bright. 12:14 avg.

WT 63.3 miles

AM - 10 miles / 8:41 avg. From work. Overcast, 31F.

PM - 4 miles on the MFT with both dogs. Clear, dark, and temps in the low 30's.

WT 65.3 miles

Mesotired.

11 miles / 8:26 avg. From work. The sun eventually burned through the muck and it was pretty nice out there. Temps in the low 30's.

3 mile warm up. 6 x 1/2 mile with 1/2 mile easy in between. Shooting for 7:00 pace on the intervals: 3:30, 3:30, 3:32, 3:28, 3:34, 3:32. I've done zero speed work the last couple of months so this will have to do.

It's funny, I did 3 miles warm up, then the intervals which got me through mile 9, then one would presume that my last 2 miles would be a cool down pace, but my pace for the last two miles was the same as the interval miles.

Mile splits: 9:02, 8:54, 8:45, 7:57, 8:18, 8:15, 8:12, 8:21, 8:20, 8:22, 8:16.

WT 58.7 miles

10 miles / 8:23 avg. LPT/Cattle rd. loop. Overcast 32F.

WT 51.3 miles

Easy 8. From work. Weathery and cold.

WT 55 miles