The Next Step

In honor of Pi day I ran around 2 x Pi squared. Ha.  It was 40 degrees today but felt much colder due to a constant 15 to 20 mph wind plus it was misty rain the last 6 miles.  I felt pretty good most of the way but started feeling the effort around 17 miles.  I still managed to finish the last 5 miles at a faster pace.  I was glad to get the long run in outside since Boston is coming quick.  Hopefully I will be able to recovery quickly and still get in some good workouts in this week.  

2:32:49 (7:39 avg)

It was a cool day (43) and very windy again.  I just ran an easy loop through Fox Cove. I wanted to keep it real slow after yesterday's long run.  I felt pretty good.  No soreness and not really tired.  The real test will be tomorrow as I was planning some speedwork.  Why is that now low 40's feels colder than the 20's did a month ago?  Maybe once you get a taste of warm weather it is hard to go back.

63:26 (7:56 avg)

I planned to run after work today to take advantage of the 60 degree temps.  Only problem is I got crossed up on the family calendar and my daughter had a school concert so I only had time for a short run.  I was going to do a workout today but because of the limited time I will try it tomorrow.  It is probably just as well because my legs were like lead today.  I just took it easy and enjoyed the good weather but I felt really sluggish.  Tomorrow I hope to feel better and need to make sure I look at the activities more closely.

47:26 (7:55 avg)

It was another awesome day (62) and sunny with some wind.  Today I planned on doing Yasso's 800s.  I was shooting for 10 x 800 at around 3:00 each.  I gave up on the track since the weather is so nice all the kids are out running around and it was impossible to run.  I measured off a 1/2 mile on the road and just ran back and forth.  It was pretty windy and one direction was into the wind and the other way was with the wind.  All the odd ones were into the wind.  I did a two mile warmup and I could tell by the warmup that it was not going to be the best day.  For the last few days my legs have just felt like lead and there is no energy in them.  Not sure if it is adjusting to more mileage or what.  After the warmup I went ahead and  then did the 800's in:

1st - 3:02

2nd - 3:01

3rd - 3:00

4th - 2:58

5th - 3:01

6th - 3:00

7th - 3:04

8th - 3:02

I was really struggling on the 7th and 8th so decided to call it quits.  The combination on not feeling the best and the wind got me.  Overall I am very happy with the workout because after the first couple I really felt like calling it off and not doing the workout.  I am glad that I pushed myself and got in the workout.  It has been about a week since my legs felt fresh and good so I am looking forward to ones of those days where it all clicks.

Great day outside (55 but windy).  Today I did something that I haven't done in a while.  Run without a watch.  I was just planning on running easy today and thought it would let me just run how I feel instead of checking the watch for speed.  It was good but I just took it easy and tried to treat it as a real easy recovery run.  My legs still felt heavy but did seem to get a little better toward the end of the run.

My wife's Aunt passed away and she went out of town for the funeral so I had the girls.  They had early activities at school, then a full day of work and more activities after that.  I wish I had the dedication of some of my fellow bloggers and would get up at 4:30 to run but I didn't so ended up with a big fat 0 for the day.  It was a good day with the girls though so I will definitely count the day as very successful.

Wife is still gone but was able to squeeze in 6 miles between activities with the girls.  It was a beautiful day out but I just ran easy.  It was very soon after eating lunch so stomach didn't feel good bu that was the only chance to get out for the day.  Hopefully I will do my long run tomorrow if everything works out!

46:45 (7:47 avg)