10.3 miles / 8:45 avg. from work touring the destruction from yesterdays hurricane force winds. i stopped by my in- laws house just as a crane was lifting a 3,100 pound chunk of tree from the roof of their house. another tree crushed their car. we got lucky at my house, we had two trees uprooted, no damage to the house, and our power never went out.

WT 57.1 miles

8.3 miles easy pace from work - 5 of the miles on the high school track. sunny, cold, and breezy.

WT 53.4 miles

easy 8 / MFT/LPT. slow and cold.

now back to the cleanup.

WT 52.4 miles

easy 8 / jensen park - bluff trail. brrr!

felt a little like a feckless turd out there today.

WT 53.1 miles

3 miles / LPT. sun and cold. something just isn't right these last few days - i have lows now and then, but this week seems even lower than the regular lows. kind of a sub-low low. nothing in my diet has changed, my mileage is about where it always is...i'm sleeping like i usually do...hmmm. not going to stress about it, just hope it passes soon. today's run really sucked though. 10:18 avg.

WT 44.6 miles

what i'm doing is not running today.

what i'll be doing tomorrow is running.

12.3 easy paced miles from work to the rio grande parkway - out and back. pretty much back to normal today, which really makes me wonder what happened on tuesday. such an extreme difference! 9:01 avg.

WT 49.9 miles

easy 8 from work. it's tasty air season again.

WT 47.6 miles

12 miles / easy pace commute run home under hazy sun and temps in the mid 30's. 8:53 avg.

WT 51.3 miles

10 mile - progression run on the MFT. high noon, sun? 35F.

splits: 9:45, 8:54, 8:35, 8:24, 8:14, 8:01, 7:47, 7:33, 7:17, 8:41.

avg pace for the run was 8:18 per mile. not bad considering my first mile was 9:45.

WT 53.3 miles

easy 8 from work. pretty good weather for running. 8:44 avg.

WT 53.3 miles

easy 8 from work. continuous snowfall and comfortable temps (33F?). had to move pretty slow and cautious on the roads with the inch or two of snow. once i got to the track i was able to pick it up a little and managed a couple of MP miles. felt a little conspicuous running the roads in a snowstorm with shorts on and my lime green Hattoris.

WT 58.3 miles 

10 miles / 8:19 avg. bluff trail from jensen park out and back. no sun, 31F. good weather for a run. same average pace as my 10 mile progression run on sunday, but without the progression.

splits: 8:31, 8:25, 8:15, 8:26, 8:23, 8:23, 8:10, 8:33, 8:17, 7:57.

WT 68.3 miles

6 easy on the LPT. cold, dark. couldn't get out until late afternoon. nice run, everything is feeling swell. 8:50 avg.

WT 62 miles

7 miles of slow from work. cold air, dirty sky.

WT 61 miles

12 miles on the LPT from the farmington front runner station running south then back. 8:30 avg going out, 8:20 avg. coming back. 8:25 avg overall. it was cold.

splits: 8:27, 8:36, 8:15, 8:34, 8:31, 8:38, 8:14, 8:19, 8:31, 8:28, 8:11, 8:16.

WT 61 miles

was on the fence about running today. i've run 10 days in a row, and i feel great. but figured no harm would come from a rest day. turns out the sun is out for the first time all week. figures. i was outside doing yard work and thinking that i might just as well go for a short run, but after an hour in the cold i decided that i'm a little burnt out on running in the cold so i've made a final decision that i absolutely, positively, and unreservedly will NOT run today.

lol!

13.1 miles / 1:46:52 / 8:09 avg. bluff trail/roads. oversmog, <30F.

felt great today. after the first 3 miles i decided to do 1 mile on/1 off for the rest of the run.  each "on" mile got faster, which is good. as an added bonus i ran this in my super light weight, zero drop Hattori's.

splits: 8:35, 8:26, 8:22, 7:45, 8:38, 7:37, 8:25, 7:37, 8:35, 7:33, 8:47, 7:27, 8:18.

WT 56.1 miles

10 miles / easy pace. didn't get started until after 4:30 pm. ran from work to the high school track (that's 9 miles on the track, for those of you who are keeping count), then back to work. wasn't sure what to expect today after yesterdays solid run. though my pace was slow today, i felt strong and energetic. 9:25 avg.

WT 58.1 miles

7 miles easy from work. some sun, cold.

WT 55.1 miles

10.5 very easy miles. from work. sun, temps were warm (30F+) but there was a brisk north west wind which kept things cool. legs were tired right from the start. i've found that if i just go easy and put some miles on tired legs, it pays off in the next run or two. my first two miles were 10:00 and 10:02. ended up averaging 9:25 avg. for the run.

 WT 59.1 miles

10.2 easy miles from work to rio grande parkway, out south and back. sun, cold (thanks to the breezes).9:18 avg.

WT 62.8 miles

10 miles / commute home from work. sun, not warm.

WT 60.8 miles

11.3 miles from work. very quiet on the roads. nice running weather. easy @ 9:08 avg.

WT 59 miles

8 miles from work. overcast, cold. from work - 3 mile warmup on the road, three mile tempo on the HS track, 2 mile cool down back to work. 8:23 avg. for the run.

splits: 9:17, 9:17, 8:56, (7:37, 7:32, 7:15), 8:30, 8:40

WT 57 miles

6 miles from work. same weather as yesterday. my wife's grandpa's funeral today, plus work, left little time (or desire) to run but i managed to sneak in an easy 6...

WT 56 miles

12.3 miles easy from work/ rio grande prkwy north out and back. great weather with overcast sky and temps in the high 40's. started off feeling pretty good but faded substantially the last 4 miles. 8:54 avg.

WT 57.8 miles

easy 8 from work. felt odd the first few minutes with no hat, gloves and wearing short sleeves.

WT 55.6 miles

posted 3 specific running goals for 2012 on the left under "short-term running goals."

5 miles on the MFT. very, very, very easy pace.

WT 50.6 miles

some stats for 2011:

total miles -                  2618.8

# of days run -             279

# of days off -              86

# of doubles -              14

avg miles per day run - 9.4

avg miles per run -       8.9 

biggest month -            302.7 (oct.)

lowest month -             150.1 (may)

biggest week -             77.6 (feb 20-26th)

longest streak -            61 days (sept. 5th - nov. 4th)

longest break -             6 days (in May for an achilles rest)

 2011 was my third full year of "consistent" running. with 86 days off for the year, (coincidentally the exact same as 2010!),  i hesitate to call this consistent running - but these last 3 years have surpassed any other running i have done in my life. i used to run 2 or 3 times a week and throw in a 20 miler or two, then run a marathon and call myself a runner. so, things are different now. since joining the blog i have run only 2 marathons, but i've cut over a half hour off my old pr from a decade ago. i only ran 3 races in 2011. the buffalo 50 miler is the longest - i ran it in 10 hours 10 ish minutes. i was pleased to get it done. i got pr's in the s.l. half in May (1:43: something) and in a 4th of July 5k (21:33). i know i can run faster than this and want to race at least once a month in 2012.

Happy New Year!