1/31

6.5 easy, about 25 seconds faster than the easy pace I've been using, which was appropriate for marathon training but I think I can pick it up for half training.

January miles: 171.2...if I can keep it over 168/month I'll hit 2017 this year, which would be cool.

1/30

12 miles, 9:30/mile, 11 pm, treadmill...another Monday LR down.

1/28

7.5 at 9:15/mile on hilly back roads--it was a really pretty run but tiring with the constant rollers and broken asphalt! 24 mph wind gusts were some good resistance training and I was glad I had a good jacket on! I was really happy with this run bc I sandwiched it in by running home after playing the piano accompaniment for my daughter's solo and ensemble competition (gold for her, yay!). For some reason those multitasking type of runs (like running home from stuff or running to meet DH & kids somewhere) always feel extra satisfying. ;-) 40.7/week & 152.7/month

1/27

Stars aligned and I got 10 miles on the TM during naptime today!! 9:23/mile; decided to really make it a quality workout since I didn't run yesterday. One of the things I realized is that I've been running at marathon-training paces, not half-marathon paces, so I can push most runs faster than I have been.

In other news, this is my first week with 2 double-digit runs since my stress fracture, so that's exciting.

1/26

SRD today with yoga. I haven't done yoga for a couple of months and boy am I not as flexible as I should be. To be honest, I really wanted to run today, but just for the purpose of accumulating miles, and I'm telling myself that running junk easy miles just to get more miles is not as useful long-term as taking a rest day and working on flexibility so that my next couple of runs are higher-quality. Right? ;-)  But in the next day or two I'm going to sit down and figure out some kind of training plan for the next couple months (marathon relay that I'll run as at least a half, probably more on April 1) because I've got to have some sort of schedule so I stop fixating on mileage rather than quality.

1/25

5.5 with 9x400 meter repeats at 5k pace, did a half-mile warm-up. Took an extra couple of minutes to jog after the last repeat in lieu of a full cooldown and gave myself an extra 20 seconds of jogging between repeats--that 20 seconds sure made it feel easier than last week!!

1/24

6.5 easy once the kids were in bed; walked half a mile to cool down and spent a good long while stretching.

1/23

Monday: 11.2 on TM at 9:49/mile...so boring...so boring.

Saturday:
7 beautiful miles outside with the stroller and baby...in shorts and T-shirt! Hard to believe it's January. Six days in a row for me and I've spent the whole day painting, so I wasn't setting any speed records, but soooo nice to get outside.

38/week and 112/month.

1/20

6 on TM progression from easy to HMP. Had to stop at 4 to feed the baby and by 6 he was so done with the swing that I had to quit.

1/19

Should've been a rest day but ran 5.5 trying to get Matthew to go to sleep.

1/18

5 speedwork on the TM. Half-mile warmup, then 7x400 at 5k pace with 400-meter recovery jogs in between, then half-mile cooldown. Nice to get some legit speedwork in but that last one was hard!!

1/17

Squeezed in 4.5 easy. So hard finding time to run!!!

1/16

10 late--still not feeling great. Just not getting enough sleep to kick this thing.

1/14

7.4 late on the TM--too icy outside and spent the day working on house stuff again (like dead-lifting two stoves). 33 this week with only 4 days of running thanks to the two days of sickness. Felt worse today than I did yesterday so I'm looking forward to SRD tomorrow. Glad I got a decent LR in on Monday; that 13.1 is helping me feel a lot better about the crummy rest of the week!

74 for the month so far.

1/13

Today: 7.5 a little faster than aerobic
Thursday/Wednesday: no running thanks to fever/stomach bug
Tuesday: 5 easy

1/9

13.1 just because Matthew kept on sleeping (put the kids in bed, put him in his crib, and started running). Just under 10/mile.

1/7

Busy week!!

Thursday--first rest day in 43 days! Time to end the streak bc my legs were aching enough Wednesday night that it was hard to sleep.

Friday: 6.2 with some speedwork

Saturday: 7.2 finishing at 11 pm; spent most of the day painting and doing super deep cleaning.

34 for the week/month.

1/4

6.3 easy on TM. Six stops in first two miles for kids, then gave up and fed the baby (who was supposed to be asleep), then ran the last 4.3. Running with a baby around is pretty dang hard sometimes.

8 boring TM miles today, 6.3 really stressful miles yesterday (got some terrible news mid-run that meant I broke into sobs every half-mile or so...yeah, that was no fun), and 1.5ish walking Sunday.