Philippians 4:13

Easy 4M run outside this morning in nice weather...warmer (30 degrees), no wind.  The pathway was a bit slushy at places and even some dry.  Nice easy run with about 1M at MP. 

After church, took the kids for about 3 hours of sledding in beautiful weather...no wind, sunshine, almost 40 degrees!   Great afternoon.

total time:  28:30  (Fireblades - 80 miles)

Standard run this morning at the gym on the TM...8.5M following similar pattern as my other runs except I did 1.5M straight at a 5:40 pace from 2-3.5M followed by pickups for the remainder of the run.

total time: 50:50  (Trigon - 365 miles)

6M at lunchtime around the river greenbelt on a beautifully sunny day.  The path is still very inconsistent...mostly slushy with some icy spots and a few dry spots.  Pace was easy and controlled with some increased pace sections on the dry areas.  Overall a good run.

total time: 41:10  (Saucony T2 - 327 miles)

8M on the TM at the gym in the same standard format at a overall good clip this morning (gym opened a bit late so I had to hustle to get my mileage in before heading back home).  Nothing particular to report.  Could have gone outside as the wind was light and the temp was warm (30 degrees) but just wasn't prepared/awake enough to get layered up a bit and to tackle the slick streets in the 4:30am dark.

total time: 47:30  (Trigon - 373 miles)

6.4M around the river pathway at lunch...nice warm day, pathway still very inconsistent (slush, dry, ice) combination that made it hard to keep any consistent speed.  So, overall just nice and easy. 

total time: 44:00  (Saucony T2 - 333 miles)

7M outside this morning in 14 degrees with no wind.  Ran down Sunnyside road (no traffic at 4am) on dry pavement so footing was great.  Tired this morning as I just couldn't get to sleep last night, so only about 5 hours of sleep and I had to run early as we are at the Site this morning.  Likely this is my only run for today due to work and family schedule issues.

total time:  48:45   (Fireblades - 87 miles)

8.1M on the TM at the gym, just didn't feel like dealing with the cold north wind this morning.  Pretty standard gym run, except more threshold miles.  Miles 3 and 4 at 5:35 pace, then pickups for rest of run.  Feel like I am coming down with a cold (as is everyone in my office area), so this was a good run considering how foggy my head is, luckily it is not in my chest.

total time:  48:00  (Trigon - 381 miles)

6M at lunchtime around the greenbelt pathway on a glorious day...fairly warm (27 degrees), sunshine, cold light wind out of the north, pathway getting clearer.  Overall a good run at and avg. 6:39 pace, but faster on much of the non-icy parts (6:00-6:30ish range).

total time:  40:54  (Saucony T2 - 339 miles)

10M early this morning, a combination of 6.75M outside in 15 degrees and 3.25M on the TM at home after my wife left for work.  Nothing special to report except my TM needs some maintenance work as the fuse keeps tripping (and frustrating the crap out of me!).

total time:  1:09:35  (Fireblades - 94 miles; Saucony T3 - 429 miles)

9M outside this afternoon in decent weather and clearing pathway.  Weather reported earlier that it was supposed to get sunny and near 40...nope, cloudy and only 27 degrees.  Only feeling about 70% (just can't seem to shake this cold) so took it mostly easy, but did get up to MP (6:20ish) pace for a couple of the miles with clear roads.  Almost didn't get out, but feel better after the run. 

total time: 1:01:16  (Fireblades - 103 miles)