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Ran through the snow in my brand new flat shows.  Snow was falling and I was making the first tracks in the undisturbed snow on the sidewalk.  Tough to beat that.  I managed to stay out of the deep puddles for about 3 miles.  Then my feet got soaked to the skin.

GPS was dead.  Not sure about distance or time.

Today was colder and dryer (27 degrees and no snow falling).  Ran  a slightly different route to get 8 miles and guesstimated a little short: 7.98 miles in 1:07:24) for an average pace of 8:27/mi.

Knocked another 8 seconds off my mile time with a 7:22 mile, a cool down and then a 7:33 mile.  It felt like I still had something left at the end of the second one as I reached a top pace of 6:05.  The track provides a flat surface, so these times are legitimate.

Unfortunately, the Utah Valley marathon for which I have been training is full and I won't be able to run in it.  I didn't think it would fill up so soon.  I'm continuing my training schedule for now, in hopes of finding another one.

I went to bed last night with lots of aches and pains, but nothing serious.  I was uncommitted to a run this morning.  But I woke up in time for a short run and I don't remember having a faster run:

5.65 miles in 46:01 for an average pace of 8:08/mi and the following splits:  9:10, 8:24, 7:54, 7:37, 7:43, and 7:59.  I don't think I've ever strung together so many 7's at the end of a run.  Maybe the occasional speed training is helping.

This was my first run up the canyon for several months and it was nice at 48 degrees.  I feel like I'm on the edge of over training, so I started out pretty slow and had a little energy left at the end.  But, I still feel pretty wiped out after burning 2000 calories.  The run took 2:35:15 for an average pace of 9:34/mile.

I'm now considering the Deseret News Marathon on July 24th, which will put me on a different schedule.  But, I figure it won't hurt to maintain the current schedule for a while.