Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

Another chilly morning, but I love layering up a little - not a lot.   1.5 to meet the girls, 3 with them - very, very slow, 20 min with Saskia and then a mile back home.   Right IT band is starting to be a little irritated, so I have a date with my foam roller tonight.  

Warmed up for 2 miles on my own and then met Saskia.   We did 2 miles together and then the plan was for a moderate tempo.   We started dropping the pace and that lasted for 2 miles but not really ever getting where we needed to be.   She started slowing down, so I suggested 1 min on/off and for a mile.   I was in need of a bathroom break and luckily the part of the trail at Oakmont park has bathrooms and then a mile cool down.   This bathroom stuff has got to stop, I am losing patience.   

Not the working I was hoping for, but the legs were tired still from Saturday and Saskia is not running enough to be where we should be at this point, but it was done and there was some quality to it. 

Laid in bed for 45minutes deciding what I was going to do.... I hate wind and it was windy and cold - I have become a total wimp.  Finally talked myself into getting out at least to get easy miles but quickly stuck to the plan of 5 MP miles.   Warmed up for two miles and then started the MP.   The first three were a little hilly and the last two were flat.  As usual it turned int a MP/tempo run  - interestingly, I never actually saw my pace at the auto lap on my garmin and every time I looked down, I was going slower than what my mile paces ended up being.  Cool down for two miles.

MP 8:02, 7:42, 7:47, 7:39, 7:36

Avg Pace 8:18