sub-3 or blow-up trying

Ran a nice slow jog with my two oldest- 4.65 miles.  Had to get back for SB party. 

Another 4.4 miles on the TM @ 8min pace.

Weights + 5miles on TM @ 8:41 pace.

Evening TM: 2 x 400 @ 6min pace, 2 x 800 @ 6min pace, 1 x 1200 @ 6min pace + cooldown- 4 miles total.

Ran 5 miles w/my 2nd oldest daughter.

Later lifted weights + 4 miles on TM. 

Ran 6 miles at the gym on TM- did 4 x 800 @ 6min pace. 

Jogged 3 on TM  at home in the evening.

Ran 7.8 miles outdoors- first 3 @ 8min pace, second 3 on trails @ 9:20 pace, and the jogged the final bit home on the streets.  Achilles felt fine until about half way through mile 7.  Think I'll skip Boston this year and slowly develop a broad base of 2x a day (4-6 miles each), an occasional long run (8 or longer), and small spurts of speedwork.  Right now I can handle 50-60 mile weeks pain-free (unless I run over 7-8 miles), so I'll start there and build slowly. 

Lifted weights and then did 6-miles on TM:  4 miles @ 9min pace and then 2 x 1200 @ 6min pace (.25 between sets)- 6 miles total. 

My decrease in mileage and increase in weightlifting is causing me to "blow up" in the gym- did 3 x 5 with 225lbs yesterday on the benchpress.  Also, did 4 x 10 w/225lbs on bar with deep squats today.  This may not be a bad thing as I rebuild strength and shift focus for a few months.  Hopefully as I heal, I will be able to return with renewed energy and drive.  I'll drop the weight (and weightlifting) in the late Spring as I gradually shift back to distance running. 

Did 4-miles @ 9:20 pace on the gym TM.  Witnessed by wife and 2 daughters run a 5-mile Valentine's day run.  My oldest daughter finished 7 seconds behind her school's fastest cross-country runner.  She was consistently a minute or two behind this same girl during the Fall season (1.9 mile runs), inched to 40 seconds behind her in a 5k at Christmas, and came very close to beating her on the 5-miler (had the lead until the final 1/4 mile kick)- ended up 3rd place for her age group and very encourage.  My second oldest (7th grade) ran a decent time as well (under 45 minutes for 5 miles at age 12).  My wife dressed up as cupid and finished 3rd in our family.  As you can see, I was a proud dad today. 

5 more on the TM at home, including 3 x 1 mile @ 6min pace