11.5 miles / 8:52 avg. From work. Sunny, windy (no joke), 15F.

WT 54.5 miles

8.2 miles / easy. From work. It was sunny and cold.

WT 48.7 miles

10.3 miles / 8:46 avg. From work. Sunny, cold. Not as cold as yesterday, but still, cold.

WT 59 miles.

No excuse for not running today.

Maybe a short run tonight.

18.1 miles / 2:36:52 / 8:40 avg. Extended commute run home. Overcast 42F. 

3 mi. WU  - 8:47, 8:43, 8:36

6 miles @ MP (target pace 8:30 per mile) -  8:24, 8:31, 8:26, 8:21, 8:22, 8:12 (50:16 / 8:23 avg).

2 rest miles - 9:10, 9:28

4 miles @ MP - 8:34, 8:26, 8:11, 8:09 (33:20 / 8:20 avg).

3 miles CD - 9:20, 9:29, 8:47

Felt okay today. Not super or anything. I basically rag dolled my way through the last 3 miles. No fuel during the run. I stopped for water at the fairground at about mile 9 and mile 14.

WT 56.1 miles

In light of all the Plank-mania sweeping the blog as of late, I decided to try my first one, ever. After about a minute and a half I stopped, and have determined that you planksters are all masochists!

7 miles / easy recovery run. Occasionally sunny, temps in the mid 40's, lot's of wind out of the south. One mile boardwalk loops at the nature preserve.

WT 55.1 miles

So I registered for the Buffalo Run 50 miler today. Guess I'd better increase my Fruit Loop consumption.

AM - 8.2 miles / Super Easy. From work. Sun, cold, some wind.

PM - 4.2 miles on the fire break road. Dark, cold, windy, headlamp, dog. I had my first fall of the season when some renegade rock popped up out of the ground. Fortunately I pitched forward instead of back and rolled out of it (as only a middle aged man can) relatively unscathed.

WT 55.9 miles

Feeling a little funkified today so I'm going to skip the run. Sore throat, run down, malaise  in the head etc. 

In addition, this is our busiest time of the year at work (floral), so running is somewhat on the back burner. I'll find a way to squeeze in some mileage though, but probably only 3 or 4 days running this week.

12 miles / 8:42 avg.. From work. Mostly cloudy, windy, and cold.

Still feeling a little bit of the funk, but I got a solid 9 hours of sleep last night and felt okay for the run today.

WT 49.5 miles

AM - 9.2 miles / Easy pace. Commute run into work. GREAT weather this morning. 

PM - 10 more easy paced miles commuting home. Sun and temps in the upper 40's.

WT 50.6 miles

Definition # 373 for IRONY: having piles of time all Winter long to run in sub-freezing weather, but when the first mid-winter 60F degree days come, being too busy with work to get out on a run.

10.5 miles / Easy commute run home the majority of which was into the wind. Mostly sun, 58F. First run in months with short sleeves, no gloves, and no hat or cap. Felt a little weird the first couple of miles.

WT 41.7 miles

6.5 miles / Breaking wind at an easy pace. Ran from work. Nice temps.

WT 48.2 miles

12.2 miles / 8:34 avg. From work. Mostly sunny, temps in the mid 30's. I've been really dragging lately, and today was no exception. I've been battling some weird cold for the last month. It doesn't ever seem to completely go away, and I've felt run down. I was hoping that with the light mileage during the last week or so I would be up for a good workout. I tried today but never really felt any smoothness or got into a good place. My right piriformis (?) has been nagging at me over the last year but really started to be a hindrance on todays run. It felt worse during my slow miles. 

Anyway, my small workout went like this: 3 mile warm up then 3 x 1 mile @ HM pace (7:34, 7:50, 7:53). 1 mile rest, then 2 x 1 mile @ HM pace (7:53, 7:55). 1 mile rest, then 1 mile @ HM pace (8:00). 1 mile cool down. As you can see, my intervals just got slower and slower as I just felt worse as the run continued. My rest miles were much slower than usual. Just didn't have it today so this makes me extra glad that I put some effort into the run. Made for good practice trying to push through discomfort.

WT 48.4 miles

am - 7.3 miles / 11:32 avg. BST going North form the Kaysville Wilderness Park. Mostly cloudy, temps in the mid 40's. Great trail run to give my feet, legs, hips, and mind a break from the Winter roads. Dynamic trail conditions with soft packed snow, some mud, some dry rocky sections, and choppy ice in the canyon bottoms. Good debut for the new shoes. These are the first heavy shoes I've run in for a couple of years. I got them just for conditions like these. My minimal MT101's are great trail shoes, but better suited to dry trails. I thought these Montrails might be good for the 50 miler in March, depending on conditions come race day.

pm - 6 miles / 8:18 avg. In the dark on the Mystery Field Track with young dog under starry skies and temps in the low 40's. Unintentional progression run. Splits: 8:38, 8:25, 8:18, 8:16, 8:08, 8:06.

WT - 61.7 miles

I was going to run today. But now I'm not. Koo-koo-ka-choo.

7.1 miles / Easy snow slog. From home to the LPT out and back. Making tracks in 6 - 8" of fresh, wet, heavy snow. Temps in the 30's and snowing.

WT 49.6 miles

Easy 8 / 9:01 avg. From work. Mostly cloudy, temps in the mid 30's.

WT 57.6 miles

15.3 miles / 8:46 avg. From work Mostly cloudy, temps in the low 40's, wind out of the south. Steady state run. Except for a couple of miles with bigger hills, my splits were within 10 seconds of each other.

WT 62.9 miles

am - 10 miles / Bluff trail. Sun, 36F. This was an easy paced run. I was jogging along the bluff trail pretty slowly. At about mile 5 1/2 a runner passed me going the opposite direction. At around mile 6 1/4 I turned around and saw that he was now running the same direction as me and was less than a quarter mile back. I'm not competitive but I like using other runners to boost my own performance. So to make a long story short, the first 6 miles I averaged a 9:37 per mile pace. The last 4 miles I averaged 8:28 per mile. Avg. for the run: 9:09. 

pm - 5 miles at the MFT with both dogs. Dark, cold. 9:18 avg.

Since I infrequently run 70 miles in a one week period, please forgive my indulgent display of celebration: woo-hoo.

WT 70.9  miles

Rest day.

Just signed up for the S.L. Half in April. The Buffalo Run 50 miler should be a good training run for the half. Lol!

10 miles. From house to LPT out and back. Overcast, temps in the low to mid 30's. Really hard to get out the door this morning. Really easy pace. Really glad I ran today.

WT 55.4 miles

22.2 miles / 9:09 avg. Bluff trail/roads all over north west Davis County (Clinton, West Point, Hooper etc). Lot's of horses and large pickups. Mostly cloudy, 30 degrees, unfriendly breeze out of the North. Felt okay today. Legs a little tired from the mileage this week. First stop at mile 13 at my vehicle where I took a drink of water and a bite of banana, grabbed my water bottle and a couple of Gu's and continued. I had Gu at miles 16 and 19. 

WT 77.6 miles

Easy 8. From work. Mostly sunny, temps in the upper 30's, an at times hefty south wind.

Legs tired.

WT 70.5 miles