Fly me to the moon...

Ran 5 miles with Sasha and Mary Ann with the extra 0.5 for the warmup and cooldown to Sasha's house. Felt fine. It was a heat wave with temps in the 30s. Total time was 47:03 (8:33/mile) for the 5.5.

Five slow, difficult miles along the trail.  The trail wasn't plowed in most places so we had to run through about 6-7 inches of snow.  It felt like I was back in college running on the dunes up at Lake Michigan.  I ran with Sasha and Mary Ann as usual.  The total time was 46:05 (9:13/mile).

Five miles along the trail with Sasha and Mary Ann.  They plowed the trail so it was much easier today.  We even did some strides on the dry spots.  Total time was 44:50 (8:58/mile).

It was warmer this morning with very little signs of the large predicted snowfall.  There was about an inch of new snow, but nothing near what was predicted.  I ran 5 miles along the trail with Sasha with a bonus Christmas present from Provo city.  The trail was opened!  It has been closed for awhile now in one direction making it impossible to run towards the lake very far.  Total time was 46:13 (9:14/mile) for the 5 miles.

It was just Sasha and I again this morning.  We did 5 miles in 46:38 (9:19/mile).  The legs have been getting an extra workout this week with all of the snow on the trail, but it is probably a good thing to give some of those underused and stabilizing muscles a workout.  I prefer running on the trail to running on the roads where you have to fight the traffic.  It's not as relaxing to run when you have to worry about cars all the time.

It was a good end to a good, consistent week of training.  It was the usual 5 miles with Sasha along the trail, but it was much faster today.  The frigid (9 degrees) temp made for decent traction on the snow.  Total time was around 46:14 for 5.25 (8:48/mile).  We were going 8:30 pace for awhile.  I had some watch troubles so the time may be a little off.