Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

AM:  46F.  22 @ 7:27 AP.  Today was my fast-finish LR, planned on 22 with the last 6 tempo.  Ran the first 15 with my buddy from the 5k a couple weeks ago, then we separated and I kept going.

The last 6 were 6:30, 6:28, 6:20, 6:25, 6:22, then in the last mile I caught up to a different co-worker's 10-year-old son who was running a race - I'd forgotten the Battle of Leon Creek was today, but was having fun being in their race for free.  Anyway, I hung with the kid until I got to my car, and it made for a nice cooldown.  .6 miles is more than the 0.0 mile cooldown I had planned.  That kid is going to be a great runner - sub-8 pace in a 20k?!  He's about half the size of everyone else!

Felt really good on the tempo portion, things are coming together very well right now.

PM:  43F, N 23-34 mph.  2.5 @ 8:52 AP.  Took the dog out to the dead end and back as the next cold front was blowing in.  The wind was Oklahoma-ish.  The run/plod felt good on the legs, regenerative even.

AM:  31F.  6 @ 8:30 AP.  Comfort plodding for a couple days, then will do a dead-leg CV workout on Wednesday; that's becoming a marathon training staple for me.

PM:  4 mile TM plod

AM:  31F.  7 @ 8:11 AP.  Cold weather gives me a small bladder, can't even get through a few recovery miles.  Am I alone here?

PM:  4 mile TM plod

40F, 10 miles total.  Dead-legged CV workout today.  I was pretty sure my legs would still be pretty impaired from this weekend, and I was right.  That's why I put this workout where I did; it's almost always a safe one - 7 x 800m @ 10k pace, 200m active rec.  The first couple felt awful, but the legs did their job - averaged 2:59/rep on the 800s with ~65 sec recoveries.  Splits were 2:59, 3:00, 2:59, 3:00, 2:58, 2:58, 2:58.  They actually got easier and easier.  Seems like a sign that I'm in decent marathon shape - still getting the job done when the legs are their weariest.

2 more workouts and I'll get 3 easy days before each of them.  I'll start my rest for the next one by not running this afternoon!

PM:  3 @ 8:43 AP with the dog in the neighborhood.

AM:  51F.  6 @ 8:18 AP.

PM:  30 minute TM plod

AM:  63F, 100%, fog.  6.5 @ 8:21 AP.  Soggy sloggy.

PM:  4.5 TM miles with 6 x 1 minute @ 5k pace.  I've been slacking on strides since my legs seem to always be tired and cranky.  Tomorrow will basically be a day off, maybe 3-4 miles in the neighborhood, tops.  Then workout Sunday.