Psalm 91:1 NKJV He who dwells in the secret place

Ran 8 miles this morning at 6:47 pace. I got up late so I was in a hurry. I picked the pace up the last few miles on an uphill 4 miles than downhill 4 miles course. Split last few miles (6:04, 6:26, 6:18, 6:28) nothing that really was a hard effort.

 Lunch: I with my wife and the dog on on my lunch hour.  My wife is doing very well, and even when it gets tough there's not quit in her.  We both over-dressed for this run of 3.6 miles ( ran little bit longer than my wife to let the dog take-off at a faster pace).  It was fun and I really enjoy running with my wife.

10.6 miles. Pace: 6:33. Time: 1:09
Good run today little faster than I wanted to run, but I got up late because I'm working on a computer on the side for a customer. The system comes up with "a Disk error occurred" and I replaced the disk and everything works except sometimes it hangs at the window logo with the new disk in place. This only happens on a cold boot. When I just restart Windows ( yes I know the worst operating system made), the system comes up fine.. This had me up till after midnight, and my troubleshooting has led me to believe that it could be a problem with a component on the motherboard. There is a bios upgrade which I'm thinking about trying.. I changed the bios to load defaults. Okay I don't know why I'm rambling about this here, but it's a blog right?

Anyway, I didn't want to get up, but knew I wanted to at least get 10 miles in so I ran a little faster, but the effort wasn't hard. I just wanted to run at a slower pace with the high mile week last week. My plan is to only shoot for 70 miles this week. I ran up and down everyone of our downtown streets this morning which was different and fun. This time of year with the Christmas lights the runs are very enjoyable. Last few mile splits (6:27, 6:26, 6:33, 6:14, 6:23).

I'm hoping to get a run in on my lunch hour.

Lunch 6 miles with the dog.  I wanted to go slow, because I had an ear ache and wasn't feeling the best the dog had other ideas.  First mile 6:39 okay maybe he will get tired.  Not too fast, but I was thinking 7 minute miles.  Second Mile 6:06, its like the dog was thinking we were trying out for the Olympics or something..  Third mile 6:29 okay dog its time to cool your jets (mostly a small gradual uphill).  The last few miles were around high 6:30's for a 6:33 average overall.  He finally seemed to settle down the last couple, and that felt good since we were running in a very strong headwind.

Ran in heavy snowfall this morning with the wind blowing at my face for, 4 of the miles. Ran 10.4 miles at an overall 6:43 pace. Ran the last two miles faster just to have some speed in the run (6:24, 5:57). Good run and the temperature was a toasty 35 degrees that was very nice. Can't decide if I should do a tempo tomorrow or just an easy run.

Evening

ran 3.2 on the treadmill and didn't have enough time to run further.  Our kids had school presentations they were doing tonight. Lunch hour I  had a meeting so the only time I could press any miles in was right after work.

12.30 miles at an overall 6:57 pace in 1:25

Very windy day the miles were sort of tough with the 25 to 30mph wind gusts and a light snow falling. Tougher ran even when I tried dropping my pace to like a 7:30. I did 5 x 100 strides at the end and that felt good. I was tired in this run from staying up to midnight again working.

Lunch:

Originally, I was going to run outside today.  But it was a complete mess of snow/rain coming down.  The wind was blowing very strong, and the streets were just puddled.  I only had my racing flats with me and I didn't want to ruin them.  I went to Gold's Gym where I have a membership, and ran 9.2 miles on the treadmill in exactly 1 hour.  I warmed up for the first two and did a couple in 6:30, a couple in 6:18, and a couple under 6.  Nice run, but I would have rather ran outside.  

I skipped my work's holiday potluck, because I didn't want to eat all that junk.  I wanted to stay disciplined and eat my Bagel,  raw oats with honey, and a thing of low fat Yogurt.  Believe me sometimes you have to have will power.  I didn't want to digest something that would mess up this weeks runs.

Last night we had heavy snowfall so the roads were covered and slick. This morning I decided to run outside anyway rather than on the tread mill, even though the wind was still strong. Most of the roads I ran on were not plowed yet. I did 9 miles at an 7:07 pace in 1:04 which is amazing because it really felt like a 7:40 pace. I didn't pay much attention to my pace, because I didn't care. With the snow and the slick roads all I wanted to do was be careful.

After running 9 miles on my second run yesterday I didn't want to run on a treadmill. There's just something about being outside that makes your run so enjoyable. I really dread running on a treadmill but there are times where it's for the best. I did manage to finish the last three miles in the high 6 minute range.

Lunch:

Still running outside on the wonderful powered snow. I didn't run that great because my energy level wasn't quite where it should have been for this run. I didn't eat enough breakfast after my first run (a bowl of cereal) and I did my second run within 3 hours of the first run. I need to learn that nutrition is important here when you do runs so close together. Anyway the run was 8 miles in 56:10 at an overall 7:10 pace. You couldn't push off the road, because it was either too much snow or icy.

Did a loop around the city area, around several different streets that I haven't gone down before, and loop around the mall. Then I headed back to my house. 12.1 miles at an overall 6:51 pace. I did 6 x 100 strides at the end of the run. Very uneventful other than I almost wiped out on some black ice, but I caught my balance. I was thinking of Sasha when this happened, because of his fall.

Lunch Time:

Ran with my wife it was fun for 2.62 miles at a 12:22 miles. It was slick in some spots. The sun was out and the wind was calm so it was a fun run.

Evening:

Ran .4 with my 8 year old daughter at a fast 8:30 pace for her.