The Next Step

Yesterday I had a really busy day and just didn't get a run in.  I am going to have to start getting out earlier and get into a better routine.  Today I had to get up and traveled to Huntsville.  I didn't get out of meetings until around 7:30 so got in 6 miles before dinner.  I felt good running but that is not surprising since I had two days rest.  Hope to get back to normal tomorrow.

7:44 avg

Huntsville, AL:  It was cool this morning (25) with some light wind.  I had planned on doing some faster stuff this morning (4 m tempo) but I felt sluggish the whole way and decided to just take it easy until I felt better.  I didn't sleep good last night so that might be part of it.  I will give a try again tomorrow to see if I feel better.  After the run this morning had a long day full of meetings and didn't get back to the hotel until around 8:30. 

62:20 (7:48 avg)

Huntsville, AL:  It was a great morning today around 44 with light wind.  I wanted to try the tempo that I had planned yesterday today.   I started out easy for a couple of miles and felt flat again today.  I thought that I would go ahead and do the tempo to see how it went.  After the warmup I started the tempo and was planning around 6:30 pace or faster.  After getting started I felt like I was really having to push to get the pace.  I settled in around 6:45 to see if it got better as I went along.  I was able to get through the first mile in 6:43 and I continued to push it.  I made the second mile in 6:36 but I was pushing too hard for it to be a tempo run.  I backed off at this point and ran easy for about half a mile.  After that I picked it back up and ran at MP for 1.5 miles.  This felt much better and actually finished pretty strong running the last half around 6:30 pace.  I am not sure what happened on the tempo but have just been sluggish all this week.

59:20 (7:25 avg)

Because of the snow storm moving through this morning, I drove back from Huntsville last night.  I didn't get in until 3 am so I was pretty tired this morning.  Just did an easy run on the TM today.  Didn't have much movitation to get outside and fight the cold/wind.  Glad to get some running in and hopefully will be able to go long tomorrow.

46:19 (7:44 avg)

It was below 0 wind chill this morning so I ran on the TM.  I wanted to run a longer run today.  I had planned 15 miles but felt run down today so just cut it short at 12.  I felt really flat and tired.  I did push the last three miles to MP just to fell like I got in a better workout.  This was a pretty horrible week so I need to get back on a better schedule next week.  I am starting to get concerned about Boston and how I will be able to do.  I think the next couple of weeks are crucial for me to get some good training in so that I will have something to build on.  Maybe if I get caught up on sleep and I don't have to travel next week so that might help.

1:30:30 (7:33 avg)