Don't wanna be FAT!

I didn't check the weather before going to bed and had no idea it was going to be so cold. I did not dress warm enough at all. Luckily I did think to bring an extra glove just in case a certain important appendage needed it. I ran my normal 8.25 mile loop but added on a little to be able to hit a porta-potty.  When I got back I checked the temperature and it was -7. brrr. 

AP 7:32

Ran my normal loop again but with another porta-potty detour. Dress wise I was much better prepared this morning than yesterday morning. Just kept things simple as I am still in the base-building phase of my training.  AP 7:14.  

I'm real excited to post this workout. I'm very satisfied with the progress I am making from week to week. I did a 2 mile warm-up then a 7 mile power run mile splits were 5:39, 5:38, 5:40, 5:36, 5:37, 5:42, 5:38.  Followed by a 2.14 mile cool down.  I ran this on my 3 mile tempo loop by my house because it is super flat.  I just wanted to average under 5:50 so to average under 5:40 was awesome.  I was also very happy with how evenly paced it was. To keep the range at 6 seconds is very good for me.  It came after a very rough night with my 20 month old.  It was nice to get some of my frustrations out.  

Nice easy run today. Slipped on some black ice and face planted into a snow bank, but no harm done. AP 7:19.

6.66 miles easy. No I wasn't trying to be devilish that's just what it ended up being. I was feeling a little tight from Wednesday's workout.   AP 7:38.

Today instead of running something fast in the middle or towards the end and slower for the rest of the run, I decided to try and run a solid pace for the entire run.  I thought that running by myself, without warming up, and with no net elevation gain or loss, this would be similar to the pace I could maintain for an aided marathon.   I was just hoping to average 6:15.  Through the first 6 miles I didn't think I was going to be able to get the average down to 6:15, but after mile 6 I got some slightly downhill miles and was able to get into a good rythim that I was able to maintain after the downhill miles.  I ended up averaging 6:07 pace.  I was very happy with that.  I think I could run between 2:40 and 2:45 right now for an aided marathon, so I still have a long ways to go but it's a good start.

miles:  6:51, 6:16, 6:33, 6:37, 6:33, 6:16, 5:52, 5:47, 6:05, 6:00, 5:51, 5:47, 5:58, 5:56, 5:44, 5:55, 5:53.

I just did 17 because I didn't want my total mileage for the week to be over 60 miles.  I'm trying so hard to be patient.  The best sign from todays workout is that I still felt very strong in those final miles.