Live till you die

AM  1:08:04

Ran the Old Ranch Rd. loop by my work.  My legs felt really bouncy from having the day off yesterday, so I was rocking Pretty good thru the hills in the first section.  I ran into JP at mile 5.25 and ran a 9:00 mile with him just to chat it up.  I left him at 6.25 and turned it up again until the end.  Did 2 sets of Carioca, Butt-kicks, and High-knees after I was done running.  Av.g 7:31 per mile. 

AM   Total run time 53:06

Did a cut down run at the gym.  Thanks to daylight savings, my 7am runs have gone from 25 degrees and sunny to 10 degrees and dark, so the track sounded more fun today.

Did a mile warm-up and saw a friend, so talked for a little bit, then it was time to get serious.  Did 2 x 1 mile with 3:00 recovery(splits were 6:26 & 6:19), then 2 x .50 with 1:30 recovery(splits were 3:00 & 3:02), then did 4 x .25 with 1:00 recovery(splits were 86, 87, 85, & 84).  I ran a 7:02 mile to cool down, which was a lot faster than it should be for a cool down, but I was feeling good, and pressed for time.

I ran in my racing flats today, and discovered that I feel more stable in these than my tangents, and so I think my mystery is solved.  The toe box on my Tangents are narrower than my regular trainers, which was making me feel off balance.  I feel more comfortable in my flats than my Tangeents, even thought the tow box is the same size, which seems wierd, but the reasoning is my flats are lower to the gournd, eliminating the higher center of gravity produced by the Tangents.  So even though my Tangents are only 2 oz. heavier (9.4 vs. 7.6 for flats) all that weight is cut from eliminating cushoining which makes them higher off the ground.  I think I'm gonna ditch the Tangents.

PM

Did some core along with 4 x 10 dips, and 2 x 10 squats, lunge squats, good mornings, and running pose.

AM  47:15

Ran my loop thru the hood across the street.  I felt a little beat up today, which I think is from not recovering correctly after my track workout yesterday.  I only ate a banana in the hour after my run.  Then I posted my bike on craigslist this morning which cut into my stretch time, so I felt pretty stiff starting out, but over all a good easy day run.  I then did some planks and side planks, bird dog pose, and 1 x 10 single leg squats right after my run.  Avg. 7:22 per mile. 

AM  Total run time 1:04:24

Did a 5 mile tempo thru the neighborhood across the street.  I felt pretty sluggish during my warm-up, so decided to run off of how I felt instead of matching half-marathon pace.  There's also 2 decent climbs of about 100ft each during the course, which definitely slowed me down.  Did a 1.34 mile warm-up, then 5- mile tempo with 5 minute rest afterward (splits were 6:53, 7:03, 6:47, 6:52, and 6:44 for a 6:52 avg.).  I then did 4 x 200 meters with 45 second recovery between sets (splits were 42, 41, 41, 39).  Ran 1.04 to cool down.

AM  46:15

Ran the loop across the street.  I felt kind of sluggish again, probably because I haven't been sleeping well, but after the first few miles things picked up.  I picked up the pace to just over 6:00 per mile for the last 400 meters.  Did some core along with 30 push-ups and 2 x :20 of chair pose.  Avg. 7:15 per mile.

AM  1:45:55

Did a nice long run today.  I looped thru town for 5 miles, and then did an out and back to Home Depot along the frontage roads.  I was trying to keep things relaxed and just cruise.  There's a big hill for 1.5 miles when the course first heads out of town, so the last 1.5 of the run on the way back is uphill.  This is pretty brutal, but I was able to keep good form, so it didn't too bad.  I was was a little sore at the end of my run, but felt like I could have kept going, so I think I'm definitely strong enough to run the half at a decent pace.  Now I just need to bump up the speed training over the next 3 weeks.  Avg. 7:32 per mile.

Just chillin today.  Looking at condos to buy....we'll see.