Don't wanna be FAT!

Had a rough night with the kiddos, so I wasn't able to get myself out of bed in the morning.  So this was a night run.  It was nice outside.  Everything felt great.  AP:  6:48

Nice easy run.  Rough night again, but I pulled myself out of bed anyway.  AP:  7:10  

Workouts like this one get me excited.  Ran with Riley, Jason, and Bret.  Warmed up 3 miles then did 6x1 mile repeats jogging for 2:30 in between. Then 3.82 miles of cool down.  

Mile Splits:  5:06, 5:05, 5:03, 5:04, 5:03, and 5:14.  (I've added a few seconds to each because my watch is a little bit inaccurate).

This is the most speed work I've done since college.  Very happy with it.

Last night I woke up at 11:00 and went to the bathroom then went back to bed.  When I woke up again I checked my watch and it was 5:38.  That is the longest I have slept without waking up at all since before we had the baby.  It was awesome!!!  This morning's run went well, the first couple of miles were really slow as I was tight from yesterday's workout, but as things loosened up a bit I felt a lot better.  AP:  7:12.  

Nice and easy run this morning in the fog.  AP:  7:04.  

I decided that I'm going to run the St. George 1/2 marathon in 2 weeks.  I wasn't going to race this soon but several factors made me want to run this race.  

1.  I'm excited about how my workouts have been going and I really want to test my fitness level.

2.  I think it will be fun to get away down to nice sunny St. George and I don't have to work the following Monday because it's Martin Luther King Day.

3.  The real selling point is that they have a kids race.  My oldest who turns 4 in April has been begging me to get him in another race since he ran the kids k at Hooper Tomato Days and I'm glad to see him excited about running races.  There aren't very many kids races in the near future so this really sold me.  

I know the competition will be stiff down there and it will be fun to see how I stack up right now with some of you great runners!

6.5 easy, 3 mile tempo, 1 mile jog, 3 mile tempo, 6.5 easy.  

1st 3 mile tempo miles:  5:19, 5:26, 5:22

2nd 3 mile tempo miles:  5:24, 5:47, 5:34

I had hoped to run between 5:15 and 5:20 pace but that was before it snowed.  After seeing 1/2 inch of snow on the ground when I woke up I considered not going hard at all but decided I would just give it my best effort and not worry about times.  The second mile of both sets had 4 sharp turns and I almost had to come to a complete stop to make sure I didn't go down.  The other miles were straighter, but I was spinning my wheels pretty good.  So while the times weren't even close to what I wanted to run, I felt that the effort was good.  

My knee was pretty sore right after, but I worked on my i.t. band and it seems to be feeling better.  It is something I'll need to watch.