13 miles

13 on the treadmill today. Legs felt really good but I was having a hard time staying motivated. Sometimes it takes forever to get to 6 miles on the treadmill.

8 and 8

Monday- 8 mile recovery run. I am looking forward to the day that I don't feel so tired after my long run.

Tuesday- Felt good today. 8 miles at 8:00 pace. I was happy to feel comfortablte at 8:00 pace on the treadmill today.. I need to keep working that down.

New week

It snowed. A lot. We must have gotten 8-10 inches of snow late yesterday and in the night. That meant the roads weren't great this morning. Eric screwed some sheet metal screws into the bottom of my shoes for traction before I headed out at 6:30. It worked really well. I had to stick to a few of the main roads that had been plowed... running in tire tracks on our street was pretty slow. I felt good today. I was averaging around 7:50 pace for most of the run but dropped into 7:40ish pace whenever the roads were clear. I had three ~1200 meter harder efforts between miles 10 and 15 with a mile recovery between. I ran them at 6:46-6:48 pace and felt pretty comfortable. I had planned to do full miles but the roads/traffic made it too tough. Anyway, it ended up being a pretty solid 16 miles.

65 miles

Saturday- 7 miles.. felt really good today. This week ended up being ok... 65 miles with a few days early in the week where I still wasn't feeling back to normal. I should be able to get my mileage back into the 70's next week.

8 and 10

Thursday- 8 miles at 8:00 pace with a few treadmill hills in the last 3 miles. I seem to be feeling back to normal again.

Friday- Felt good today. 10 miles at 8:12 pace.

Finally

I felt good today! 13 miles =)

Slow start

Monday - Slow, easy 6 miles. My legs were sore from the long run.

Tuesday - I had planned 8 for today but didn't have the energy... it didn't take too much for Eric to convince me to stop at 5. My quads were still really sore and I was tired. Looking back now, I think my legs were probably more sore from running up a rather long gradual hill while pulling a 50 lb sled countless times Monday afternoon =) I got a pretty good hill workout in without really realizing it.

Long run

I waited to run today until it warmed up a little outside.. I figured it would irritate my throat less if the air wasn't quite so cold. It really didn't feel right to be doing a long run mid-day and it took a few miles before I even started to enjoy the run. 16 miles later I was happy to be done. Not one of my better runs... it was much more difficult than it should have been given the pace (7:48/mile).

Glad to be done with this week

The week ended with 6 miles yesterday and 7 miles today to give me 40 overall from 5 runs. I am still not over my sinus infection but am seeing gradual improvements.

Back at it

Feeling a little better this morning. My throat is starting to come around and I have some energy back. 7 miles at 8:10 pace on the treadmill felt pretty good.

No electricity = no treadmill = no run

I am sick. The long run on Sunday may not have been such a good idea. I woke up on Monday feeling pretty rough and decided a day off would probably do me some good.

Tuesday morning I felt a little better so I decided to go a slow 5 on the treadmill. I felt pretty good but as the day went on my throat started getting pretty sore. Up until that point most of the problem was in my sinuses. It wasn't the same sore throat that I am used to with a sinus infection... this felt really dry and tight. It hurt to swallow. I have never had anything worse than a cold so I was a little worried about how this felt. I went to bed last night thinking I would see how things were in the morning and at least try to get a few miles in.

Wednesday- The electricity went off in the night a few different times.. not cool when it is 20 below zero. It was still off at 3:00 this morning when our battery-powered alarm went off. I felt like crap and couldn't run without electricity anyway so I went back to sleep. My throat is pretty sore but I still think it is just a virus.. no white spots to indicate strep and my chest feels fine. I don't feel very good about taking two days off this week but it seems like it's the right thing to do.

Sick =(

Not feeling so good today. I felt a cold coming on yesterday and had a pretty restless night. I actually felt pretty good while I was running but decided to take it a little slower... I didn't want to wear myself out too much for the rest of the week. 15 miles at 7:55 pace. My legs feel great but I am pretty tired and can't breath through my nose. I am supposed to be taking a nap but somehow I got involved in watching some track/cross country on tv.

73 miles

73 miles for the week (70 in singles).

Friday- Ran outside so the pace was a little faster. 10 miles at 7:50 pace.

Saturday- Felt really tired today.. I think I am getting sick. Only went 7 miles...outside again (7:50 pace).

Getting there

Wednesday- It was a mental battle yesterday to get in 12 miles.. my legs were still feeling a little tired and I really didn't want to be running. It's a good thing I had American Idol and House to keep me entertained.

Thursday- I felt a lot better today and decided it was time to put in a few faster miles. I mananged to get 8 miles total with 4 at 7:12, 7:12, 7:00, 7:00. I felt ok but definitely not good. I am looking forward to getting out of this little rut.

Sore legs

I think the 20 miler on Sunday beat me up a little more than I thought. My legs have gotten more sore with each run I have done since Sunday.

Monday morning they felt pretty good.. I ran an easy 6 miles on the treadmill. Monday afternoon I had a rare chance to do a second run so I hopped on the treadmill for another 3 miles and my legs felt worse when I was done... nothing more than a little muscle soreness but still somewhat annoying.

Tuesday- I ran 7 miles this morning on the treadmill and and my quads are not happy with me right now. It just wasn't a good morning for running. Hopefully things will be feeling a little more back to normal by tomorrow so I can enjoy my 13 miles.

Will it ever end?

I had that thought more than a few times this morning during my run. I was a little disappointed because the weather finally got me... I usually get out for my run around 6:00 on Sunday morning but it was -23 with a windchill of -40. I waited until 7:30 with the hopes that it would get a little better but it didn't change. So I decided to hit the treadmill.

20 miles in 2:46:00 (8:18 pace). I decided to go longer and slower than what I have been doing (with some help from Eric) because I tend to try to better my time for my long run each week. I knew it would put a lot of pressure on me to try to run faster than 7:39 pace for 17 miles given that I was going to be on the treadmill and the pace always feels faster for me on the mill. So I had a little more fun by running 20 at a relaxed pace. I felt pretty good and only feel a little muscle soreness coming on.

70 miles

Thursday - 8 miles

Friday - 10 miles

Saturday - 7 miles

All done on the treadmill averaging around 8:15 pace. I am working on bringing that average down.. I still feel like I am running much faster on the treadmill than I really am. I want to get that average pace under 8:00 soon. I had intended to do an evaluation run on Thursday but was feeling a little tired. I decided to wait until next week to give myself a little more time to adjust to the increased mileage. I am going to try to stay right at 70 miles/week or even a little higher for the next month or so... then it will be time to work on some faster stuff.