High-Octane

7 Miles around the small loop, approx. 2 at marathon pace and 5 somewhat easy.

26 degrees here this morning so obviously no outside running!

Went to the gym, ran 5.5 miles @ 9:00 pace and 2 miles @ 7:30 pace.

What a great day to run! 44 degrees, no wind and low DP and humidity.

Tryed to do somewhat of a progressive run but it's hard because of the hills. I thought it was a good run but compared to some a few weeks ago...not so great.

5 miles easy at the gym (half TM & half EL).

Ran the small loop - 7 Miles. No watch...easy.

Ran out and back to Smallville. Very foggy. Foot still an irritant, but I can run.

Same run as last Wed but with a little less effort.

6 Miles - 3 TM, 3 EL

Another trip to Florida tomorrow. :-(

5 Miles out and back. Some slow, some medium, some fast. No watch. 37 degrees/34 dewpoint, 81% humidity, 159 lbs.

No watch. 37 degrees.

My foot/toe is feeling better even though it is all crooked/jacked up. It still feels like I'm standing on something or there's something stuck to the center/ball of my foot. I'm taping it to anoter toe so it stays somwhat straight.

I stayed up a little too late last night and slept in a few minutes this morning. I was planning on another 10 mile. Decided to run a couple of faster miles so I threw a couple of slow 5K miles in the run. It was pretty cold but I made it okay with my double gloves, my extra heavy thermal tights and my heavy socks.

Ended up with a 7:38 overall pace...I guess there's more than one way to get to marathon average pace.

Small loop easy 8:18 pace.

Even though I felt tired on this run, it appears I must be in pretty good shape comparing it to similar runs a month out from my CIM Marathon. I was really not wanting to get up a 5:00 am this morning to go and run. The first few miles I kept thinking..why am I doing this...then about mile 4 I settled into a comfortable effort and from then on the run felt pretty good. I pick up the pace for the last 5 miles to run at MP but had to push the last .5 to get there.

Still debating on running another marathon this spring. My foot/toe is still a sore subject and will probably determine what I do. 

Ran Small Loop & Smallville to make 9 Miles. 3 @ comfortable Pace, 3 @ 10K Pace, 3 progressive down to MGP. Felt good on this run…even at the end. 6's were hard but managable.

Mile	Time	HR	HR %	Max HR
1	8:20:00	141	73%
2	8:18:00	140	72%
3	8:00:00	144	75%
4	6:43:00	154	82%
5	6:37:00	161	86%
6	6:24:00	167	89%
7	8:12:00	149	78%
8	7:53:00	154	82%
9	7:32:00	156	83%
Total	67:59:00	134	80%
Pace	7:33:13			WT

Ran small loop + out and back a ways to make 8.1. Easy Pace....probably 7:15 AP range...just kidding!

Raining cats and dogs this morning so I went to the gym. 1 mile EL @ 9:00 then 1 mile TM @ 7:30 pace and 1 set of  20 assorted weights inbetween each. Total miles 9.

Hey guys...there's another Kingsbury runner on the blog. I met her the other day running on one of our country back roads. She goes by Simple Runner on the blog. If you have a minute go and visit her blog. She would like advice and encouragemet with her running. I can give her encouragment but you guys are much more qualified to give her advice! (you too Burt :-)

This run was definitly NOT intended! I went out planning on a 13 mile run but when I was 9 miles into my loop I came upon a low water crossing that was about knee deep in swiftly flowing water. It was dark and I ran into it to anckle deep soaking my shoes and socks completly. The temperature was already 42 degrees, it was raining lightly so I was already cold! I had to turn around and backtrack 9 miles making the run 18 miles. It caused me to be very late to work too! :-(

I had been dreading jumping my milage up to 18 but when I was forced to do it this morning it was not that bad. Actually, I was pretty pleased with the results. I felt like I could have upped the effort at any point and still finished strong. I did run the last 3 miles at MGP.

Glad to get a longer run under my belt, it's making me more confident that I can be in top shape for the Irvine Marathon if I decide to run it.

~~Mile Time HR HR % 
1 8:15:00 124 61% 
2 8:14:00 136 70% 
3 8:19:00 138 71% 
4 8:22:00 144 75% 
5 8:06:00 141 73% 
6 8:09:00 142 74% 
7 8:10:00 145 76% 
8 8:11:00 144 75% 
9 8:15:00 140 72% 
10 8:01:00 143 74% 
11 8:12:00 149 78% 
12 8:03:00 149 78% 
13 8:35:00 151 80% 
14 8:21:00 152 80% 
15 8:07:00 152 80% 
16 7:39:00 151 80% 
17 7:42:00 154 82% 
18 7:27:00 159 85% 
 
0.15 Cool Down   
Total 146:08:00 145 76% 
Pace 8:07:07   WT 158
Temp 42 Humidity 87/Raining 
Dew Point 40 Wind 18
 

Ran in Gatesville. ..visiting my parents. Started out just running, then after a couple of miles I thought about my plan to run one slow then one fast mile. Here is the results.

1. 7:56. 154

2. 7:30. 150

3. 8:16. 148

4. 7:05. 153

5. 8:50. 150

6. 6:49. 158

7. 8:38. 147

8. 6:39. 157

9. 8:44. 152

10. 6:23. 163

.3 mile @ 9:00 pace Avg. 7:42 @ 153

It seemed to take a while to get the wheels going on the fast miles. The first one was 7:30 and seemed hard.

Started out with a plan to run 8 easy miles at 9:00 pace. After the first couple of miles I decided to speed up to a more comfortable easy pace.

Working on a different way to tape my toe. Don't let the photo fool you, without the tape it looks really gnarly.

Dang it! I forgot and left my watch at work again. Ran the same route as yesterday...probably a little faster today.

Felt lathargic for some reason today but finally got rolling on the last couple of miles.

6 easy in the Gym today with some upper body weights.