Phantom

well i never made it out for a run on saturday. opted not to run sunday morning(today) either. hopefully the little break will help me kick this lingering cold and i'll be ready for some good solid training. i am trying to slowly increase my weekly mileage. i have never been sidelined by a running injury and don't want to overtrain right now. it is exciting to look ahead at the summer. there are some good opportunities for racing. last year was a good year for me and i feel that i am off to a good start this season.

8 miles this morning at 7:30 pace. feeling better but lungs feel shallow.

went out about 8:30 in the evening a and had a real good 5.5 mile run. felt good considering i ran this morning and ave pace was 7:00 ave. a really good start to the week.

5.5 very slow miles this morning. got beat by the 8:00 guy.

went to the track to do 800 repeats. first two were at 2:42, then on the third i found myself slipping into a jog on the second lap and ended up with a 2:46. i figured i was done and didn't want to do anymore, i just wasn't into it. regrouped and tried one more, ended up hitting 2:41 and it was tough.

this was the first track stuff i have done in about 3 weeks. i felt pretty out of shape.

8.0 miles in the evening. weather was wonderful(cool and no wind).

total time for run was 52:00(ave pace 6:30) first 4 miles was 25:40 and the first half is the easy half. i was happy that my pace didn't drop much on the way back home.

probably the best workout i have had since the hurricane half.

8.0 easy miles at 10:00pm. weather has been nice and cool. ave pace 7:55 legs felt pretty good but didn't try to push it in the dark that soon after dinner.

two miles of tempo at the end of a 10.7 run.  tempo mile 1 5:37  mile 2  5:21.  happy with first mile because the first quarter was a good uphill.