Today I decided to do hill repeats since the Teton Dam Marathon has a section that has a gradual uphill for a few miles. I did 9 x 400's and sprinting down the hill every third one. The first few were tough and my legs felt a little tight (time for an ice bath). After that I started running home and half way through the mile I thought I will make this a two mile tempo run first mile 5:53 (this could have been a 5:30 mile if I didn't decide halfway in the mile to make it a tempo mile. The next mile I had problems I had to stop at traffic for about 40 seconds so I only ran a 6:14, then I almost got it by a car pulling out a side street (great way to end the run). I followed that up with some cool down miles. Totals 12.02 miles at a average pace 6:47 in 1:21.
Lunch Today I suppose to mow my grandpa's lawn on my lunch hour so I decided to run there and back from work. One way is only 1.5 miles. I took it easy with splits of 7::14, 6:52, and 6:40. Tonight: My wife wanted to run tonight and I decided to run with her. We dropped my daughter off at soccer practice and decided to run home which is 2.7 miles. I ran at her pace which is around 12 minute miles. She ran 3 miles yesterday so it was cool that she did back to back days. It was kind of nice to run with somebody. Pretty much every mile I run is by myself so it was nice tonight. | 