Nice cold morning again a nice 8 degrees with a 7mph wind. I put hand warmers in my gloves today and that worked very well. I ran 9.2 mile at an overall 6:41 pace. The first 4 miles I didn't look at my splits I just ran by feel. Looking at the splits in the end it was like running a progressive run. On the 7th mile I decided to run a fartlek and did that mile in 6:05. Then halfway in mile 8 I decided to just run the rest of the way as a long fartlek (splits: 6:18, 5:49) overall a very good run. Did this run in my new Saucony Grid Trigon 4 I wish I would have bought another pair with these shoes being discounted at Sports Authority. Lunch: Ran 5.2 miles at an overall 6:38 pace in 34.33 minutes outside at 22 degrees. I didn't have to be at home today on my lunch hour to help my Wife with our daycare business so I did the run from my office. I went up over the hospital which the first three miles is almost all uphill then the last two are flat and downhill. I did the last two in 5:17, 6:23. I wanted to push the pace a bit to end the run, and I only wanted to be away from the office for about 30 minutes today. Evening: Run 2 miles with my wife at a 12 minute pace and then 2.5 miles by myself at a 7:30 pace. Then I ran with my 3 year old son who did .42 at a 20:34 pace and his max pace was 11:45. Very good for a 3 year old. Vance loves running and is full of energy. My 8 year old daughter Grace also followed along. My son loves to run and he wants to always do it with my wife. It's fun to watch him get excited about running. Grace I believe can compete when she gets older in running.
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