prlmanrunning

getting up thinking maybe a good day for a nice 13-15 mi run looking out at the lightly falling snow and 25* outside bundled up and out the door into a serene quiet morning over and east on 126th feeling better every step up to 7th east getting the euphoric feeling north and just keep going to 90th south legs in machine mode turning and churning road and sidewalk west to the path running alongside the trax line back south like being in the woods with no traffic and nobody around just keep going and going snow slowing and stopping the air with a mist like quality refreshing west on 114th to state street to 123rd west feeling the run a little now heading into the river bottoms back to 27th west toward 118th south warming down legs tired still feeling great all the way through knowing i can what i set out to do exceeding my own expectations

brisk clear night just right for a rewarding recovery run getting out and stretching out loosening up body and mind unwind as i travel at a slow relaxing pace muscles releasing all the tension and tightness back to the great post run feeling again got to love it :)

decided to take my gear to work again and run/commute home a little warmer starting out working my way up the layering increasing climb up and level and up and level from 2200 south on 3600 west to 5400 south at the top of the climb turn east on 54th downhill to 27th west back up hill to 6200 south then down and level off stretching out and really feeling good from there all the way to 124th south then slow warm down home from there not my fastest but still good running

went out for an incredible S L O W recovery tonight just keep it casual and let the muscles and joints do their thing keeping heart rate slower and breathing regular and not too stressed went nice distance had to force myself not to go farther lol no time limits or pressing  just me and the slow open road  :)

decided on a little shorter faster workout tonight go out and keep a good quick turn over with longer strides get my breathing and whole body in sync body felt good breathing leveled out not too ragged getting a good feel for race pace for saturday    

short night tonight two reasons not a lot of time getting out of work a bit later and second relax loosen up and stretch out a little before tomorrows race tapered a bit have not done a whole lot of that up to this point hope things go well in the morning just hoping for a decent showing :)

what an amazing day from the start slept in got up feeling great down to the race stretched out a bit and a little warm up trying not to let the excitement get me from the start of the race feeling good get out about a half mile and found a gear that felt fast but comfortable breathing good through mile two and into three feeling good and loose like i am in a good pace keeping strong through mile 4 and the turn around on the back half now still going strong 5 and 6 pushing a bit faster still under control trying not to run it out of steam through 7 and into 8 trying to keep good form and keep running strong starting to burn a little but keep pushing faster yet almost to 9 really pushing now getting rough but ok with it keep pushing it out there almost done thinking got to leave it all out there coming to the finish line looking at the clock and thinking i really did it faster than i had hoped and planned very happy with the over all race :)   even though i did not really taper too much felt good none the less