It's dumping snow. I can hear my treadmill snickering at me from the corner of the room. It knows I'm powerless against the allure of the treadmill at times like this. Serenity now. Serenity now.

(Time passes...)

I wasn't looking for a workout today, just needed something to break up the monotony of treadmill miles, so I devised the Goal Pace Tempo Medley:

2 mile warmup

4 miles @ GMP (8:27)

1 mi. easy

1.5 miles @ GHMP (8:06)  This is faster than my actual goal. I was going to go 2 mi. oops

.5 mi. easy

.5 @ G10kP (7:48)

.5 easy

.25 @ G5kP (7:24) Not a tempo. An interval of one?

1.75 warmdown

12 m i./1:45:20/8:47 avg.

My treadmill is stuck at 1.5% incline. Also the calibration is most certainly off  on this old machine so none of these pacings really mean much. But it was a fun way to pass time while running on a hamster wheel.

Afternoon on the Jensen park/syracuse trail. Mostly sunny, 37F wind 7-10 mph N.

1:07:12/8:24

6:15 AM,  8 miles, from house to LPT, out and back. Moslty cloudy, balmy 33F, light wind out of the North. Extremely slow and easy pace, except for the part where I raced a backhoe up an overpass. The backhoe won.

1:30 PM , 4.5 miles on the 1 mile boardwalk loop at the shoreline preserve. Overcast, 40F, wind 10 MPH NNE. Felt much better this afternoon than I did this morning. Same with Friday's double. Hmm. 38:52/8:38

Afternoon run from Jensen park North on the Syaracuse trail. Mostly cloudy, 37F, wind from the North at 6-12 mph.

Did 5 x 30 second striders in mile 8 working each one to 6:45 pace. It's fun to feel like a rock start for 4 or 5 seconds at a time.

1:14:43/8:47

Well, it looks like I'll end up with a short run tonight (like 6 or 7 PM), either on the TM or the trail if weather permits. That's fine. It's good to shake up the routine once in awhile, I stale easily. Also, I'll have to (or get to) run 7 days this week to get my mileage goal since I won't be getting more than 4 or 5 miles today. Just writing it out here on the blog helps me to solidify a plan.

5 miles tonight on the fire break road with the dog. Mostly cloudy, 50F, wind 5-12 mph. Cool looking sky as a storm front is moving in.

Bad poetry alert!

Not a long run

But this course is hillified

My run jones is satisfied

I could have run more if I tried -  but I didn't

So this run I'll abide.

Around noon on the LPT. Mostly cloudy, 40F, wind WNW @12-20mph. Very frustrated with the wind am I.

2 mile warmup, 3 mile tempo (7:47, 7:53, 7:47), then 5 miles of push through the wind to get back.

1:25:50/8:35

Easy 6 under overcast sky, 40F, light drizzle, winds 3-7 mph. From the house, through the hood, 1 mile on the LPT.

I didn't get started until 2:00 pm. I wanted to hurry and finish so the sun could come out. Now I'm done and the sun is out for the first time today. See how that works? I'm just saying...