Every Run is a Great Run!

Six miles in the early morning out in the lovely 14 degree inversion weather.

8:58 

Gotta be up in SLC all day for work so got to the gym early for a fine treadmill workout. Must have been brain-dead I forgot most my gear and also the breakfast I had put together last night to bring with me to eat after the run. Luckily the gym has loaner gear (if you don't mind looking like a dork) and I got some food at the cafe at work so all was well.

After 2 mile warmup did 4 x 1 mile @ just-faster-than-5K-pace with 1/2 mile jog rests in between. Workout was OK, always seems like speed work is a easier on the treadmill and you're cheating a bit but it sure beat trying to do it in frigid temps and gunky air. Did first mile around 6:20 then sped up each mile finishing the last one in just under 6.

Six in the early morning. Around 25 degrees which feels warm this year.

8:50 

Got out around noon and enjoyed a nice run in the sun minus the smog. Around 30-35 degrees but with the unfiltered sun if felt warmer. Too bad we only get these days once in a blue moon in between inversion-land and the next storm.

8:22/144 

Five on the treadmill.

Definitely tough to get these longs runs in on these cold, stormy and sometimes slick-road mornings. But we got it done albeit at a very leisurely but sometimes still difficult pace. Started out with a good sized group but it was mostly Doug and Kim and I for the last half of the run.