Training

Felt like crap at the beginning but found my stride and finished strong. 

Treadmill today. Cold snowy and windy.

Decent run for me. Ran at an average of 8 min per mile. Working on my form and arm movement to increase running efficiency. 

 Sat in on a running seminar last night that talked about form, foot strike and upper body movement to increase speed and efficiency. 

 While I have work to do to get used to incorporating my arm swing into my running form, it seems to help  a lot. I just have to get used to paying attention to my form, foot strike and arm movement for maximum efficiency.

Run in Madison.

Run on Treadmill during a freakin' blizzard in Wisconsin.

Good to be home on my regular running route. Averaged about 7:50 per mile. Calves seemed a little tight afterward which surprised me since I haven't run for 3 days.

 Looking forward to a good week of base training for the half marathon coming up in January.

Terrible run today. I had no energy. I think with the funeral and travel last week, it might have caught up with me. 

I was tired and just didn't have it today. My calves are unusually tight. 

I guess tomorrow is another day.

Calves feeling a little better. We will see what tomorrow brings.

Tried to go longer but just didn't have it. I really need to work on these longer runs. 

Good run today. 7:45 pace. shortened up my stride a little to work on turnover. Seemed to help me get a little more speed. 

 I have a bruise on the top of my left foot though that is hampering me a bit.  Legs feel good overall. Shooting for 8 per day and working on extending my long runs. Need to get the long ones long.

Great weather here in Texas for running.

Steady run. A little windy today. Overall a good run.

This one was difficult today. Went out too fast and then struggled with heavy legs. Wind a little brisk out of the south again today.

Decided to go out for a easy 5miler at night. The weather is supposed to be crappy tomorrow and my legs feel pretty good. It is fun running at night. I enjoyed it very much.

 Legs feel very good. Hoping the weather tomorrow isn't as bad as predicted.

Got this run in before the wintery weather here in Texas. It was sleeting the last three miles and very windy today. 

I ran this extremely slow, slowest 8 miles I have run in a long time. Combination of running 13 yesterday and the weather. Very windy and cold today. Just happy I got it in though.

Snow and ice everywhere. Really slow 8miles. I did see another runner out there though. Cold out there too.

I had to drill little screws into the bottom of my shoes to get traction. I only put them on the forefoot. Should have put a couple on the heel too. My heels kept kicking out a bit on the ice.

Finally a decent long run. A little cool today, used my arm warmers. I established a decent pace early and tried to maintain good form throughout. I could tell when I was losing form and I was able to quickly adjust back to a decent stride. 

Took some gel at about mile 10 to make sure I would have something to finish. After mile 11 turned towards the west and I was running straight into the wind. That was difficult. The wind just sucks the life out of me. Turned south briefly and got my mojo back but I had to turn back into the westerly wind to finish.

Average heartbeat was around 154 bpm. Maintained about a 8:40 pace. I am very happy with this run.

Good run overall.

Trying to extend my daily runs to 10mi. Today was a decent run. Good weather. Slowed a little toward the end but kept a consistent pace throughout otherwise.

Horrible day today. Had no legs today.

Better run today.

8min per mile pace.