Winning Back What I Lost

T/M: 4 miles before work; need to put in some time before and after work to mitigate the time away at night and travelling for work; foot is getting better every day with the new anti-inflammatory meds; 8:10 pace

6.3 miles after dinner w/ my son accompanying on his bike; felt very slow and lethargic until mile 3 when I started to get loose and pick it up and finish very fast (7:30 pace the last 2.5 miles); some decent rollers along Five Mile and Victory; 8:02 pace 

T/M: 30 min warm-up run at 8:40 pace followed by another 25 mins of speed work (alternating 800's(3) and 400's(1) at 7:06 pace with 1/4 mile cool down in between) 

Came down w/ a cold yesterday; took some Sudafed and was feeling very drowsy so I skipped running; dragged myself out of bed to do a few miles before hopping on the plane; T/M: .5 incline and 8:15 pace

T/M: Got a little over 4 miles in at the hotel's fitness room after my meetings; Still suffering from head cold; fatigued very quickly and the room was very hot; .5 incline and 8:28 pace 

Late run after putting the 2 yr old to bed; finished up in the dark which was interesting in a heavy traffic area like Cloverdale; I've been struggling with a head cold but I felt like a caged animal having not been on a long run since my race a couple of weeks ago; tried out my hydration/fuel belt for the first time with good results; no back pain associated with the belt but it did seem to bounce a bit in the beginning; tried Gu for the first time and I think it helped me overcome the sluggishness from my head cold which is starting to evolve into a chest cold; 8:47 overall pace but the first 3 miles and the last mile were right around 8 flat.