10.3 miles from work. overcast, periods of light snow/breezes. 8:18 avg.

splits: 8:48, 8:24, 8:04, 8:18, 8:09, 7:57, 8:35, 8:31, 8:19, 8:15, + .3@7:47

WT 58.2 miles

sixty-seven

6 very easy miles on the MFT with Loki. mostly sun, 24F. surface was snowy/icy.

 WT 58.2 miles

sixty-eight

13.2 mile commute home after a short day at work. very little sun, 36F-ish, and a pretty steady headbreeze for most of my journey south. 9:02 avg.

WT 62.1 miles

sixty-nine

11 miles - from house/big western loop. sun, warmth. great easy paced run today. 

WT 63.1 miles

seventy

5 miles from work. was looking forward to running more in this incredibly nice weather but felt like poop on a stick right from the start. maybe i can get more in tonight. (maybe).

WT 64. 6 miles

seventy-one

13 miles - easy paced commute to work with a nice tailwind most of the way. wanted to get one in before the cold front arrives, and i probably won't run again until late tomorrow afternoon.

 WT 67.6 miles

seventy-two

10.1 miles - commute run home. short day at work and i started my run around 1:00 pm. ran the first four miles around a 9:24 avg, then ran mile 5 a little quicker to warm up, then ran a 1-2-3-4-3-2-1 minutes @<5k pace with a minute easy, which left me with a couple of easy miles to finish. nice small workout. 8:45 avg. for the run.

splits: 9:19, 9:24, 9:19, 9:32, 8:18, 8:04, 7:27, 7:54, 9:05, 9:09.

WT 68.6 miles

seventy-three

4.3 recovery miles from work.

my wife and i have been married 15 years today - piece of cake when you're with the right person.

WT 62.6 miles

seventy-four

8.3 miles. bluff trail. weather.

WT 64.9 miles

seventy-five

17.3 miles - commute to work. really, really nice weather. i started off at a very easy pace and progressed throughout the run. my avg. pace for the first 5 miles was 9:13, at 10 miles it was 8:58, at 15 miles it was 8:50 and my average for 17.3 miles was 8:48. so, though not particularly fast it felt good to get stronger as the run progressed.

WT 69 miles

seventy-six

10 miles - from home / big western loop. easy pace (a minute slower per mile than yesterdays 17 miler).

WT 68 miles

seventy-seven

7 miles / 8:35 avg.  boardwalk loops at the nature preserve. sun, warm, wind. "almost" a progression run.

splits: 8:50, 8:48, 8:47, 8:39, 8:25, 8:37, 8:07

WT 70

seventy-eight

10.4 miles. rio grand parkway from weaver lane, south out and back. 5.2 miles INTO. THE. WIND. 9:00 avg.

WT 67.4 miles

seventy-nine

4 miles - MFT - very easy pace. unplanned rest day. last night for dinner i helped myself to a plate of food poisoning from harmon's deli. i was up most of the night dealing with that. i didn't go into work this morning to give myself some rest and hopefully get my GI under control. needless to say, my run was short and easy = 9:43 avg. hopefully i'll get this crap worked out by run time tomorrow :-)

WT 61.3 miles

eighty

11 miles / 8:47 avg. rio grand parkway starting at weaver lane going north out and back. first 5 miles @ 9:16 avg the next 5 @ 8:15 avg, then 1 mile cool down. beautiful sun, warm and just a little wind.

pm - 4 miles on the LPT after work. 70F...lots of people out. 9:05 avg.

WT 72 miles

eighty-one

7.8 miles / from work - rio grand south out and back. overcast, warm, windy.

WT 71.5 miles

eighty-two

7 miles / 8:21 avg. missed my commute MLR this morning. the weather was nice too; warm and i would've had a tail wind for the majority of the run. yesterdays run was horrible, i just felt wiped out and could barely cover the distance. i was hoping i would wake up today feeling recovered, but i still felt very tired. so i waited until noon and went over to the high school track near work. after a two mile warm up i ran 12 x 1 minute hard with roughly 1:30 easy in between. i tried to get my pace down to 6:00 on the intervals and for the most part succeeded. definitely felt better than yesterday! 

splits: 9:29, 8:41, 8:06, 7:53, 8:21, 7:52, 8:07

WT - 61.2 miles

eighty-three

10.3 miles - had a couple hours at work this afternoon so i ran there. nice weather, overcast 38F and the wind was mostly at my back. pretty much an easy steady pace with the last mile @ MP.. i know it's sunday in davis county, and that the weather isn't ideal, but i'm still surprised to see only two dog walkers as the only people out on my whole 10 miles journey today. 9:10 avg.

WT 61.5 miles

eighty-four

10.4 miles commute home. mostly sunny, cool, and a little wind. just to break up the monotony i ran miles 5, 7, and 9 faster (7:29, 7:22, 7:21), the rest easier. 8:24 avg for the run.

WT 64.9 miles

eighty-five

7 miles / 8:34 avg. easy progression run - boardwalk loops at the nature preserve. sun, low 40's.

splits: 9:28, 9:05, 8:52, 8:49, 8:24, 8:07, 7:28

WT 61.5 miles

eighty-six

14 miles / easy pace. bluff trail. sun, 50's, tailwind out, headwind back. 

WT 71.5 miles

eighty-seven

easy 8 from work and around the hood. super sunny. super warm. 

WT 64.5 miles

eighty-eight.

4.3 miles - from work. 3 miles@10:00 avg. 4th mile@8:28. 5k + some miles tomorrow morning.

WT 61 miles

eighty-nine

10 miles - 9:10 avg. commute home. mostly sun, toasty. first time i've carried water on a run in over four months. didn't get up to run the local 5k this morning. oh well. if i can't find a race to do next saturday, i'll run a time trial.

my weekly mileage blog totals the past 6 weeks are 70.8, 61.8, 62.1, 69, 61.2, 64. this is significant as my weekly total over the last three years is almost exactly 50 miles a week. so the last six weeks represent an effort to bump my mileage base up this year, hopefully getting stronger and faster in the process. i've decided this coming week is a good one to cut back a bit. i've developed a little pf in my left foot the last couple of days so i want to go easy for that and recoup a little before increasing my volume another tick higher over the next several weeks. keep in mind fellow bloggers - i am nearly 48 years old, and have a double chin.

WT 64 miles

ninety

3 of 'em on the MFT. clouds, 61F. yard work day. chain saws, rakes, gnomes etc. maybe another run tonight.

 WT 56.7 miles

ninety-one

4 miles on the LPT starting at the front runner station. super joy killing wind + cut back week + not-currently-training-for-anything-specific + mild pf in left foot = easy 4 mile run (following yesterday's easier 3 mile run).

WT 50.3 miles

ninety-two

12 miles on the bluff trail. mostly sun, 60's. slight headwind coming back. first 6 miles @ 8:52 avg, last 6 miles @ 8:25 avg. foot feels fine, i've still got to watch it, but the last two days of active rest have really seemed to help. 8:39 avg. for the run.

WT 55.3 miles

ninety-three

11 miles / 8:36 avg. progression run. boardwalk loops at the nature preserve. thinly cloudy, 60's, light winds. wasn't sure how my foot would feel today - but after 4 or 5 miles it was evident that the foot is no longer an issue. i think running in the flat hattori's helps a lot. 

splits: 9:45, 9:27, 9:15, 9:03, 8:38, 8:33, 8:19, 8:10, 7:41, 7:02, 8:47

WT 52.3 miles

ninety-four

6.2 miles - rio grand parkway from weaver lane, south out and back. uber easy pace. weather: nice.

WT 50.5 miles

ninety-five

5.3 miles, including 4 x 30 second easy hill repeats on golden ave. really nice spring weather this morning. 

WT 51.5 miles

ninety-six

9.1 miles / 8:16 avg. high school track near work. sun, warm, WIND.  5k time trial - since i missed my race this month i decided i'd better at least do a time trial. i ran 4 miles to warmup and went right into the 5k, which i ran in [21:54 (7:04 avg) - 6:49, 7:02, 7:23 + .39 sec] about 20 seconds off my PR, but 35 seconds faster than the 5k i ran in january. not bad considering i haven't slept well the past couple of nights, i woke up this morning with some kind of cold-thingy, it was very windy, and i was alone. 2 miles cool down.

splits: 9:03, 9:00, 8:58, 8:36, 6:49, 7:02, 7:23, 8:59, 8:34

WT 50.6 miles

ninety-seven