Nobody cares, run harder

12 miles, 7:12 pace

11 miles + strides. 7:27 pace

12 miles, 7:11 pace

First workout of this training cycle - 3 mile w/u, 8 x 1 mile at threshold w/1:00 jog between, 3 mile c/d. Times were:

5:40, 5:35, 5:31, 5:31, 5:30, 5:30, 5:28, 5:19

Pretty controlled effort throughout until pushing the last one a bit. Good to come in under 5:20, and that one was into a slight headwind too. Let's see if I can get into 2:30 marathon shape by April.

12 miles, 7:25 pace

11 miles + strides, 7:21 pace

Long run/workout: 2 mile warmup, 6 miles MP, 1 mile recovery, 6 miles MP followed by a 1 mile push at threshold pace, then 2 mile cooldown.

First 6: 6:00-5:53-5:52-5:51-5:50-5:49

Mile easy in 7:05

Next 6 + threshold mile: 5:51-5:49-5:46-5:50-5:48-5:44-5:29

Starting off this cycle in good shape. This is a great sign.