Well, the weather is getting colder. It was 28 degrees but a wind chill is 17 degrees....burrr!!! It's funny though, I guess I overdressed because I was really sweating by the end. I ran the first 4 with Callie, then took off to complete the total 15. My goal was to bring my avg down to 7:45 by the end. Mission Accomplished! I was hoping for a slightly lower HR, this was not much improvement over my last 15 mile run, but I did feel much stronger and continued to increase the pace to the end (last mile the fastest)! Glad to get the 15 out of the way. 15 will be my long run for one more week and then I jump to 20.

Running with Callie. Three months ago my HR was 160 on almost the same run.

50 degrees!

Running without Callie today, her and Mat (her husband) went to Fredericksburg and hiked Enchanted Rock so I was on my own to run. 

A little slower than marathon pace as I consider that about 7:30-7:45. Anything below a 150 HR is typically pretty good/easy for me.

Back running with Callie. We ran an easy 4 miles today since tomorrow is 10-12 miles and our last run together. 

48 degrees!

Last run with Callie. We did 10 together and then I ran 2 more by myself. Going to miss running and the time with her. She did talk me into running the SoCal Ragnar Relay with her in April!!!

Pretty fast last 2 miles. :-)

I was not looking forward to this 15 mile run. On top of that, I had to do it in the evening and I hate to run in the evening! Overall it was okay but I got tired at the end and I know I'm going to be sore tomorrow!

12 miles on Saturday made me 50 miles for the week!!! It's been a long time since I hit 50 and now a 15 miler on Monday!

4 Easy Miles...that's all.

It was very foggy this morning and I was not feeling like running 10 miles physically or mentally so I split the run into two runs, one in the morning and one in the evening. (Man it's great to be retired and have a part time business that affords me to do things like this! :-)

4 what is supposed to be easy. I guess I'm tired, it felt tiring.

My legs are growing, I can feel them!

This was a good run. After feeling really tired for the last few days I stayed up until 1am last night and felt great this morning...figure that out...? 

Hit my mileage goal for the week. The next four weeks have 20 mile runs in them...Ahhhh..!!

The weather was great with very low humidity and dew point. :-)

Was planning on running 20 but didn't start until after lunch. It was 62 degees. After 10 I bailed on the 20 and stopped after 10. I didn't feel very good. Body felt like I'd run 20 during and after the 10. Not sure why???

Still seem to be struggling. Need to run a 20 miler but not feeling it now. Today (Tuesday) there's ice on the road and it's 25 degrees. I don't think I'll be running.

And a little faster...

It was 33 degrees. Cold for me but I did it anyway!

20 Miles ... Ouch ... !!!

Nothing special run. Been busy so haven't been able to post much lately.

8 mile run broke into 2 runs...very busy!

Squeezed another 20 miler in. Had to run in the afternoon/evening. I hate running druing the afternoon/evening. This run was much better than last weeks 20 miler. I was supprised with the consistent paces overall. 8:10 overall pace. 10-15 seemed a little rough but I felt felt better on 15-20 so was able to increase the effort. My fastest 20 mile training run was a 7:18 pace so this is far from that.... I guess I'm just getting older and slower! :-)

Was going to be an easy recovery run but felt good after 1 mile so I switched to a 4 mile progressive run.

8:15 - 139

8:03 - 149

7:45 - 152

7:09 - 162

Tolal Avg - 7:48 - 150 HR

5 TM Miles in the hotel.

7 TM Miles at the Hotel. 😁

10 Miles Big Loop. Started late so it was a little warm but the DP was low.  HR effort was good but mental effort was hard.

2 Miles @ avg 8:30 pace .... With Fartleks.

Okay...Here is my BIG run for this marathon training session. 22 miles. Man do I dread stepping out the door to do a run like this! All went pretty well, I ran out 5.5 where I stashed some Poweraid, and then back home twice to make the total 22 miles. Although I am always hoping for better results, this was okay based on my current fit level. One more 20 miler next week and I'll be done for improvement. Today I only drank Poweraid and took one gel at the halfway point. This really helped. I could have used at least one more gel and probably had a little more energy to finish a little stronger. I was feeling somewhat fatigued at the end.