Training

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.