I Probably Should Make My Blog Public again

A treadmill run.  I did 2.5 at 9:13 pace and then just increased the pace by .1 every 10 minutes.  In the last 12 minutes I increased the pace by .1 every 2 minutes, just so I fit a little more in.  I ended the last 2 minutes at 7:30 pace.  

Just an easy indoors 8 miles.

I watched some of the Olympics.  

It was SO HOT inside (at the gym again today).  Usually I bring a water bottle, but I didn't today and I really needed one.  I stopped after mile 4 to get a quick drink.

I warmed up 2 miles, did 1/4 mile fast, 1/4 mile slow for 4 miles, then .5 cool down.  I actually cut my workout a little short.  The treadmill shut down after an hour, so I figured it was a sign. 

I went outside today for a change.  I spent the first two miles complaining in my head, thinking I would just try to go for a few miles.  Then after that I got less whiny and life was fine.  I didn't push the pace.  Just ran and tried to enjoy it. 

We're more than a week past the snowstorm we got last week, and it was slow going in some spots because of ice/packed snow/deep snow.  I think that's probably why I was uninterested and unmotivated in the first couple miles.  I kept getting annoyed when I would  shuffle through snow-covered sidewalks in front of a house--but the driveway was perfectly pristine.  There was a stretch of about a mile where this was the case, and I was running in front of some of the biggest houses in town.  It probably took those poor people too long  to snow blow their hugely long driveways, and they didn't want to work for the extra 3 minutes it would take to clear the sidewalk. 

Or at least that was what I was thinking during the run.

So once I got to about 4 miles, I figured that I should just do my normal 8.  As I got close to the house I was still a bit under 8 miles, and rather than run past the house, I just went around the block to add the extra 1/4 mile.  Avg pace:  9:44.

5 cross training miles in the A.M.  Class tonight.

I went to class last night.  I was really early, so I sat down to look at assignments and such.  Then I realized that I actually have class next weekend.

I'm stooopid.  But I was glad that I had worked out in the morning because I was exhausted.  And then it meant I could get a long run in today!

We got some snow last night, and when we went to breakfast in the morning, I figured it would be a treadmill day.  So after lunch I got ready to go to the gym, backed the car out, and rejoiced because it was sunny and the sidewalks were relatively clear.  So I went back upstairs and changed into outside running stuff!  Yay!

This run was pretty good.  There were still areas where I was running through snow or on grass, but the snow was rather slushy and not real slippery.  Just some areas of slow going.  I tried to pick up the pace a little in the last mile, but overall my splits were pretty steady.

Avg: 8:48.  9:07, 8:57, 8:46, 8:52, 8:55, 8:52, 8;43, 8:54, 8:41, 8:54, 8:43, 8:47, 8:49, 8:22, .12@7:53.