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recovery run from yesterday with hills.

Not sore at all after the 21 yesterday.

Ran 37 days without a break and finally took a day off.

I some presentations in the hospital today and decided to run in the pm watching hockey but when I got home I decided to chill out and hang out with the family, fun.

Little did I know I was going to battle a bug at 4am.

Battled a bug at 4am, lots of puking and had to find the power to work in the morning.  Got sick at work once but felt stable after just no energy.

Julian's 7th birthday today so we took him for lunch anywhere he wanted and he picked A and W, after not eating all morning I decided to go for it and eat fast food, boy was it fantastic!

Went home to rest before going back to work and although very drained I decided to run so I would not take 2 days off in a row.  I was going to run 7 miles easy but only got through 1 mile before I started wanting to quit so I did something on the list that was short and what I thought easy, boy was I wrong.

8 * 200's hills on the tm.

I ran between 9 and 12% at 10 for speed (6min mile)  I ran for 50 seconds which is more than 200 meters.  This was such a different toughness for me, it was borderline sickening but I guess I was sick.  Anyways at least I did something.

Can't wait for bed.

Todd

3.5 miles 6:48 avg.

Pretty drained from the flu yesterday so it was either quit or do something special so I decided to know off 8 hill repeats, repeating yesterday.

All at 8 % grade for 45 seconds each at 10 (6 min mile pace)

Can't believe the burn or pain you feel for 5 seconds when your done each repeat, almost addicting in a weird way.

Anyways 6 miles total.  Not really looking foward to the 10 mile threshold run this week, but I know it will be great for confidence.

3.1 on the tm 18:14, felt pretty strong but decided to not do the 10 mile threshold run.  Hurt my wrist in hockey and was in a ton of pain this morning.

Tough week, flu bug, wrist injury, need a long run to flush this week away but the weather is very cold this week again.

Happy with the speed for 5k, I could of pushed it to break 18.  Did 1 mile @6:53 right after.  May run easy tonight with Sarah downstairs.  Hope to run 10 miles Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Next week will be a long 22 miles easy then I start getting into long progressive runs with 10 weeks left to Boston.

Finally!!!!!!!!

Finally ran outside, it was beautiful bit of a wind and of course %25 snow covered here and there but for the most part it was a really pleasant run with ease.

My first 10 mile was 109:58, this was so easy today but there was a 3 mile stretch that was tough due to the snow on the sidewalk.  The last 5 miles I wanted to take it easy but my pace was always under 7 min mile so I decided to make sure I ran close to 34 mins but with ease picturing how I want to feel during a marathon. 

Ended up running 15 miles 6:56 avg. 

Needed that badly.

Great Threshold run before work at the gym on the tm.

2 miles @ 5:56

then I ran marathon pace 6:52 but incorporated 4 800's @ 5:56 pace.  Picked it up for the last half mile to finish 51:10 for 8 miles. 

Great morning at work after that run.