Don't wanna be FAT!

I ran all over this morning in search of a good place to run my aerobic builder tomorrow morning.  I had success.  I found a great 4 mile loop 2 miles from my house.  It was super nice out this morning.  I really enjoyed the warm weather.  Just ran easy.  AP:  7:07.

Very happy with my workout this morning. 2.25 up then an 8 mile power run then 2.33 down.  8 mile power run was on a 4 mile loop.  2 miles with the just a little wind 2 miles against just a little wind on each lap.  

Power run miles:  5:33, 5:33, 5:40, 5:33, 5:27, 5:32, 5:30, 5:38.

AP:  5:33

I was happy about the whole thing except the last mile I thought I was going faster than 5:38 so when I finished that mile and saw 5:38 I was disappointed.  But overall, still a very good workout and I'm still excited by the progress that I am seeing.  

Managed to sneak out in the afternoon for a very pleasant run from my parents house in Eden. I ran towards Huntsville and did the middle fork loop (running on the local roads near middle fork and looping back on the highway). It was a beautiful day up there and I just enjoyed the scenery as I ran. I just wanted to run easy and it felt easy, but I was a little surprised at my mile splits.  I ended up averaging 6:30 miles.  

This was one of those runs where the further I went the better I felt. I was quite sore to start, but once I got going things loosened up nicely. Just a nice easy run. AP: 7:09.

Nice and easy 8.80 miles this morning. AP: 7:02.

Ran with the Ogden group today.  This workout was Riley's idea.  The plan was to warm up 3 miles then go 5 at 6:00 minute pace, then 5 at 5:40 pace, then Riley's plan was to get progressively faster for each of the next 5 miles, my plan at that point was to just try and stay under 6:00 minute pace.  I ran with Riley for the first 11 of the hard miles.  We averaged 5:54 for the first 5 then 5:33 for the next 5.  The next 4 miles were 5:30, 5:34, 5:31, and 5:35.  Luckily Riley stopped and waited for me at that point and didn't mile of the fast stuff.  I was ready to call it quits at that point.  We finished with 3.45 miles of cool down.  The cool down was torture I was in so much pain.  But, it was a really good workout and I'm still enjoying the progress I am making.