Weather - 38 degrees, sun/clouds. A little warmer today, though still a lot of snow on the ground, so I headed to the golf course to get some snow running in. I did a loop of the course doing hard fartlek, and then I did a second loop at an easier pace. I contemplated wearing heavy boots for this workout, but since I knew I was going at least 90 minutes, I did not think it wise to try my first boot workout for that quantity of time. My hip muscles are a bit sore from all the bounding I have been doing this week, that is a good thing, so today I did no bounding or high knee lifts, or, at least not very much. This coming week I will cut back on my mileage, will probably drop to about 30 (from the low 50's), but a lot of the running this week will be hard, fast stuff. I plan on doing fartlek, 200-400m repeats, and lots of strides. Today I accomplished my goal of achieving a solid season of winter training. Considering this was the first time I have trained consistently throughout the winter, I am curious to see if it is really true that a lot of slowish, consistent mileage, followed by 6-8 weeks of speed work, can lead to fast racing times. At runs end I stopped at Cardinal and did 5 sets of strength exercises, stretching, and 15 minute walk home. #105 z.m. - #19 | 