not giving up on the comeback

No running today  - rest day

Watched the ING Georgia Marathon go by my house.  The Kenyans had a big group in the lead - they are awesome to watch. 

A couple of guys I know from racing in the area had great showings.  2:35 ish and 2:50 ish.  Great times on a pretty hard course. 

Sawyer's teacher was a pacer for the 4:30 group.  She loved the banners and posters we had for her as she went by.  That was pretty cool. 

It is fun to watch a race now and again.  Although I would have liked to be one of the runners more than one of the watchers...

I need to plan my race calendar.

I felt great today for my 5 1/4 at lunch.  The weather was great and the wind pushed me back to work. 

Also did 4.2 after feeding the kids tonight.  I felt great and pushed the pace on the way back. 

5.25 at 7:12 ave pace.

and 4.2 at 6:49 pace

Ran after work again.  Ran over to the highlands and back.  I need to eat more before a 5PM run.  I didn't have much today but plugged along until it was over.  I felt a little better after about 5 or 6 miles. 

8 miles at 7:32 pace

Ran at lunch today. The rain moved through in the morning so I didnn't get to run in the rain today. Seems like it was the first time in a while. It didn't really enjoy this one. I just maintained as best I could. It turns out that it was a little faster than a normal easy run. Mcmillan has me between 7:06 and 7:36 for easy runs. So I'm not too much faster than that.

5.4 6:58/mile average

A little misty and around 60.  Same route as Tuesday.  I felt ok -  not great.  But I did feel better after the turnaround.  It seems like I take around 3-4 miles to warmup. 

8 in 59:35 7:27/mile average

Ran at lunch today - breeze and in the high 50's.  I was sleepy at work, which pretty much means I'll have a decent run.  So of course I had a good run.  It wasn't long but I felt good.  Wind in my face on the way out and at my back on the way back.  This week is shaping up ok. I should end up with 47 or 48 for the week.  I'd like to start averaging around 50 for a while.  First I need to have two decent weeks in a row.  I haven't had very consistent training weeks recently. 

4.4 at 7::06 ave pace

Chrys took the kids and Grandma to the mall to look at furniture, so I took a nice long run down to Peachtree..  It is a perfectly beautiful day here.  Low 70's and a light breeze.  Tons of people down at at Peidmont park (which is like Atlanta's version of Central park). 

I ate too much last night, so I had plenty of stored energy.  I felt good the whole way.  I just took it easy sneezy
took some powerade but didn't drink but maybe 6 oz.  
lost at least 2 min at traffic lights -- lots of red lights today

16 at 7:40 average pace.