Philippians 4:13

8 miles with Moxie in about 56 minutes on a nice morning before church.  

Long frustrating day at the church meeting...Kami and I went to the gym to lift weights while the kids were at a church activity.  It didn't burn off the stress.  

4:00am...4 easy miles with Moxie in 30 minutes on a cool morning (15 degrees).  Short run before an early flight for a quick business trip.

8.25 miles in 1:00:30 after a long day of meetings.  55 degrees so I ran in short sleeves!  A good run.  (Mirage)

No early morning run due to a very early departure to the airport. I will run this afternoon outside in the nice weather.

7 miles in 51 minutes just as a storm was starting to blow in, so the run back from SRL was a bit windy and tough. 

4:15am...to the gym for an up-tempo run.  1 mile easy warmup, then MP progression to mile 7.  From 7-10 bumped up to threshold pace or better (5:42) with 2 quarters at VO2Max (4:30, 4:18) to finish the 10 mile run in 59:50 (5:59 average).  Felt really good and mostly easy for the run. 

4:15am...1 degree outside, headed to the gym.  Typical TM run, 1 mile warmup, 2 miles at MP then (19:30 for the first 3M) then a pit stop.  Back on the TM for another 8 miles in 47:15 (5:54 average) progression with a 0.5M pickup at 4:30 pace.  11 miles total in 1:06:45 for a 6:04 average. (Tangent 1)

6 miles in 37:40 at lunch.  It was a cool but glorious day for a run.  Easy pace with about 0.75M running with Saige at a very slow pace (she is 9 months pregnant and ready to have her baby any day...and she is out running in the cold!).  (TSD5)

4:30am...cold outside so I again headed to the gym.  This was a tough run this morning as I was tired and stressed out from the church meeting last night (and thinking about the next week or so).  I nearly didn't even get out of bed, then the first 5 miles were hard mentally.  Finally started feeling like running after that and just set mini-goals to keep going (8 miles...done, 10 miles...done, just one more!).  Nice to have Curt running next to me to talk for a bit.  Also saw Andrea, Marlin and Mauri.  (Mirage)

Day off today, but have to get some church work done then hopefully have some time to just chill for a bit. 

4 miles in the late afternoon in 30:25 with Moxie.  Warmer, sunny and calm...a nice easy run to keep stress level down. (TSD5)

Looking forward to watching the Trials tomorrow, it should be exciting!!

I woke up with a bit of a stiff back (stress related) and to temps hovering around 10 degrees, so I opted for a TM run today (even though I was going longer).

Got to the gym and saw Curt and Lynette already there, then Marlin showed up shortly after I started.  To get through my planned 16 mile run, I broke it up into 2 8 mile segments.  I ran the first in 51 minutes for an easy 6:22 pace.  This was very manageable and fun as I talked with Marlin for most of the run.  I took a little break to hydrate and stretch (2 minutes), then started the second 8 mile segment much faster.  The second 8 miles was completed in 47 minutes (5:53 pace) progressing from 6:11 pace to 5:25 pace.  This was bit tougher as my back was getting more stiff but manageable.  Overall 16 miles in 1:38 (6:08 pace)...a good run.

Going to Gray's house for a running group get together to watch the Olympic Trials coverage this afternoon, looking forward to the time with the group and seeing the race!