The Next Step

It was my first day back at work in over a week so wanted to get started and try to get organized so I thought I would run at lunch but the day got away from me and I didn't end up running until around 6pm.  Stayed inside on the TM and was only able to get in 6 miles before dinner.  I have to get started early in the morning and get back on schedule.  I felt good running but I have to take it back up a few notches.  I was hopeful for a good mileage week but I am not off to a good start.

46:01 (7:40 avg)

Getting off to a rough start this year.  My wife had an early morning meeting at school so I stayed with the kids then took them to school.  After that I had meetings for work so didn't get to run until after work.  I squeezed in a few miles between dinner and helping the kids with some school work.  I have to get back into the early morning routine.

I felt good running and wanted to make the most of the short time that I had on the TM.  I did 10 x 1 min at 5% grade followed by 1 min recovery.  After that I kicked up the pace and ran a 1/2 mile around 6:25 pace.  It was good to get in a little work in the short time.

45:10 (7:32 avg)

It was cold this morning (12) and windy.  I ran the 1 mile loop around our neighborhood because it was dark and I didn't want to do an out and back route because of the wind.  The way the wind was blowing I would have been out with the wind and then had to run back into the wind on the way back.  This is not much fun when you get all sweaty running with the wind then turn around and run back into the freezing wind.  The loop let me stay more regulated since it varied between with the wind and into the wind. I felt pretty good and just ran easy.  I stayed pretty warm even though the wind chill was around -5.

62:24 (7:48 avg)

We had a snow storm move in lat night so the roads were in rough shape this morning and didn't want to risk getting out with the crazy drivers so stayed in on the TM.  I just ran easy today.  I felt tired this morning for some reason.  I still have not got back into a good sleep routine from the Christmas break so that could be it.  Running wise it was good no problems.  I wanted to get in a second run today but just couldn't work it in.  

54:20 (7:46 avg)

Yesterday was a total blowoff day.  I stayed up late watching the football game than had a busy day at work and with the family.  I probably could have found some time to squeeze in a run but was just lacking on motivation.  Need to get going again.

 Today there was more snow and the roads are still a mess so I stayed inside on the TM.  I felt good and ran easy.  As I went along I gradually increased the pace and finished at around 7:10 pace.  It was a good run and nice to finally get in a decent run.  Hopefully, this will be something that I can build on.

1:30:59 (7:35 avg)