2/10

5.3 today at 9:56 today and made myself take a rest day yesterday. My throat feels like I've been eating glass.

2/8

4.2 first thing this morning. Felt SO much better than yesterday, although I'm still coughing a lot. Started out very gently (11:30/mile) and worked up; avg pace for the run was just under 10/mile.

2/7

6.5 easy. felt terrible like I'd been run over by a truck.

2/6

10 miles at 9:39. Legs are dead. Can't remember the last time I got a decent night's sleep and it's really catching up with me--moved baby to his own room tonight so fingers crossed.

2/4

7.5 and yoga. 40 for the week, 21.5 for February.

Thought about going longer so I could hit 42 for the week, which is what I need to stay on target for 168 miles in a shorter month, but I decided my overall health would be better served by spending that time stretching. Hopefully that will allow me to stay limber, avoid injuries, and ramp up bigger miles in marathon training later on.

2/3

8 at 9:26 today; SRD yesterday. Bad night with Matthew & I'm exhausted.

2/1

6 tempoish (started out at 11:20, worked my way up to 7:53, then back down to 8:57ish and hung out there, then finished the last quarter-mile or so at 8:30ish). Avg pace was 9:18 thanks to the fact that I took about 2 miles to warm up. I don 't know if I'm doing these tempos right--based off the Higdon method I used when I very first started--but working my way up speed-wise and then back down to the HMP seems to work well for me mentally and physically. Frankly I was so tired today that the idea of running a mile warm-up and then holding a static pace seemed totally unbearable! Matthew has had a couple of HORRIBLE nights and I've gotten so little sleep that my legs have been aching ever since Monday...just not enough sleep for the muscle repair. I actually went back to bed for about an hour during his morning nap after I'd gotten the kids off to school...when I was lying facedown on the carpet after breakfast I realized I probably should try for more sleep. I think the problem is that I'm just not getting any quality sleep--he's still in our room (which is 2 months past when all the other babies have moved to their own room) and I can't sleep soundly even when I do get the chance to sleep since I'm listening for him, and he's still waking up about 4 times a night. Argh!