Shalane!

Brent Vaughn and Shalane dominate, diary of Ryan Hall talking about Houston. And a pretty cool article about my Big River teammate Julie Lossos!

Friday, Feb 4 - 4 miles. Got home from work, had dinner plans at Laurie's with a group, so had to kick it into high gear to get this done. Roads were better, but slushy in parts. Did my Village Circle Loop due to the only roads being clear. Pulled a Sullentrup, and killed the first mile - felt pretty decent, and kicked it into the next gear on the second half of the run. 26:32 overall (13:52 first half, 12:40 second half)

Saturday, Feb 5 - 0! Had a rockstar night with Tim, ended up sleeping most of the day, and the 5" of snow in the morning just detered me from going out later. Kicking myself for missing, but needed to save up energy for Sunday long run.

Sunday, Feb 6 (Super Bowl Sunday!) - 20 miles. Got a nice group out for our long run. Because of roads, did the Village Circle Loop which was awesome for Crystal to get a simulation feel of her upcoming marathon (Last Chance for Boston is a 1 mile loop course). Pat and Tim also ran opposite of us, so first half of our run went flying by. Weather was decent, and felt pretty awesome all around. Total time was 2:50:32 (8:28 average pace, I think), had a lot of problems keeping a slower pace so ended up negative splitting. Left ankle was really sore afterwards, so may need to watch that. Afterwards, hosted an impromptu Super Bowl party and got to watch a pretty decent game, as well as undo all my running through an impressive eating and drinking display.

So a so-so week of running (45 miles), but most importantly nailed the long run pretty easily, and managed to get in some small speedwork as well. Easy mileage tonight, but the big run will be the marathon pace run at Forest Park on Wednesday for Crystal and I. Should be challenging on a hilly venue, but I think we'll be able to hit it....