Hump Day!

Excited to see the sun back out today, as the weather forecast had prophesied much doom this week in the form of rain. Consequently, have been trying to squeeze in an extra mile or 2 over the last couple days to make up for the inevitable treadmill day because of unideal weather.

Monday, got home from work. Absolutely gorgeous outside! Probably overdressed for 50's and sunny, but hit up the trails and did a loop around the area. Nothing crazy to note, legs were tired but didn't go too nuts. Maybe a little faster than I should have, but it was nice to get in a good run. Total mileage: 7 miles - total time running was 56-58 minutes.

Tuesday, worked a pretty late day. Grabbed dinner with Stacy in Westport, and consequently got home even later than I would have liked. Fortunately, there was a lull with the rain, so forced myself out the door. Decided on doing a fartlek, did a mile warmup and ran my Glen Carbon loop which is relatively hilly, to simulate the St. Pat's course. The fartlek was 2 minutes hard, 1 minute easy, so did that for 5 miles. Felt pretty decent, stride was in place, and I was running around 5K pace or better for the hard portions and wasn't dying. Cooldown afterwards, was very pleased. Total mileage: 7 miles - no idea the time, maybe around 50 minutes?

Looks like another nice day, so will get in a good easy run this evening. Thursday, plan on going downtown to preview the St. Pat's day course and do an easy fartlek. Getting pretty excited for the race, and am ready to roll out!