Running Log

Ran 4.5 miles in just under 35 minutes. 7:45 AP. Ran to Concordia, did .5 mile on the track, then home.

Progression run: started at 8:30 pace, tried to drop down to under 7 min for last full mile.

Mile splits: 8:20, 7:50, 7:05, 6:55, last 1/2 mile in 4:27 w/ drills.

The run felt really good, especially after 7 miles (my longest run in months) yesterday. It felt fast in the last 2 miles, but it felt like I could have sustained it for even longer.

I need a race to look forward to. Unfortunately, there aren't many December races in Chicago.

Ran 3 easy miles in 26:30. 8:49 AP.

Mile splits: 8:54, 8:51, 8:43.

Ran 1 mile at school with kids for the Turkey Trot. Super slow at 13 mins to help the stragglers. After school ran 1.2 miles just to fit something in. Ran that in 7:15 pace

Ran for 30 minutes. I'm at the FIL's house so I don't know the exact distance, but it felt like about 9 min pace. It was snowing and there was about an inch of snow in some places. 

Ran about 7.9 miles in 1:09:14. 8:45 AP. The run was tough because of snow on the ground. I had to run either on unshoveled sidewalks or on the side of the road in 1-2 inches of snow. I'd hop on the clear-but-wet road when cars weren't around, then hop back to the shoulder when they came by. All in all, I was thinking of just doing 4, but I was happy that I pushed through and did almost 8. That's my longest run in the last, oh, 6 years.

I didn't know the exact mile markers since I'm at my FIL's house, but here's the splits of what I considered the mile markers: 9:08, 9:04, 9:03, 5:11 (.66 mile), 5:14 (.66 mile), 8:34, 9:40, 8:39. At this point I thought I had run 8 miles, but my pace/time told me I hadn't. So I ran a bit farther (and uphill) and back for another .5 mile in 4:19.