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To Liberty Park and around once. Quads are sore but I feel good otherwise. 1:09:23 total. Nice afternoon run.

When I got outside in the rain during lunch, my legs felt great. Instead of an easy 7, I decided to run a moderate 9. To the amphitheater in Memory Grove via the U, Fed Heights and 11th ave. Felt good throughout, though very cold. My legs are still hot and itchy from becoming numb; lesson - no spandex in rainstorms. I ran a little farther because I didn't hear the 4.5 mile call out to turn around.

65:40 with 800+ ft of climb.

A very hectic workout. Idea was 6x1 mile at 10k pace + 10 seconds - or 5:55 per mile. With the wind, I considered the treadmill but a coworker was using the only one that goes sub 6.

I had no cold gear but I went out anyway. The wind was brutal. I decided to go to Matheson Park and go around. I warmed up 1.5 and did my first mile in 6:07 with a nice headwind for half of it. I decided I wasn't going to get what I needed out of the workout and returned to work. Outside was 3.44 miles in 24:45 with 300 ft of climb.

For a similar effort on the now available treadmill, I decided to do 5 miles in 5:42 per (10.5). I felt great but the treadmill once again overheated on me at mile 3.75 or so and I had to do .4 on the old treadmill before returning to the newer one to finish the workout. I finished doing 1.44 including .5 at 5 minute pace. No cool down. Looked like this:

3.44	24:45
0.12	1:00	25:45
3.6	20:30	46:15
0.4	2:40	48:55
1.44	8:02	56:57

My mind and body were ready for a big workout but the gods were not cooperating today. The treadmill effort felt too easy and my HR corroborated at low 140s throughout.

9.1 easy around the Zoo, south on Wasatch to the BST. Faster than easy but slower than moderate. Felt good but not as strong as I expected. Winder is much better but still a good breeze coming from the west. 65:58 total with 700+ ft of climb.

Travel to Houston so I didn't run until 9:00 pm. I went to Memorial Park and did the 2.93 loop a few times. The idea was a 5 mile tempo at half marathon to 10k pace, but I had just gone to dinner with my attorney and finished off a Snapper Cheyenne complete with crab, shrimp and crawfish on top of linguine at Bayou City Seafood and Pasta with a couple of beers (if anyone saw my resolution not to drink during this marathon cycle, I have failed miserably at that) and I had a bowling ball in my stomach.

After a 2, make it 3 mile warm-up, I managed a mile in 6:23 before slowing again.  The next was 6:32 and the rest were above 7. 64:26 with more climb than I thought - 300+. I love Memorial Park and it is cool to see dozens of runners in the 9:00 hour.

This run was done a scant 9 hours after my late evening run Thursday. I was tight on time so went to the treadmill at the Marriott West Loop where I stayed. I wanted to get in four more tempo miles, so I did 2 up, 4 at 6:07, 6:03, 5:57, 5:49.

It was a life center treadmill and I always feel uncomfortable in the Houston humidity, so those two variables made the workout much more difficult than the treadmill at work.

Saturday - a 22 miler where I want to go 5 at 7:20, 5 at 7:05, 1 at 6:25, 5 at 6:55, 5 at 6:40 and the final mile at 6:25. We'll see if I can!!

22 mile out and back north on the Jordan River/Legacy Pwky. I left at about 3:30 and it was a little rainy and very windy going north. I think that took its toll.

1:18:55 out and 1:19:13 back for 2:38:08 total. I was going to do negative splits and two marathon pace miles but it wasn't my day. Just glad to average 7:11 and not slow down in the final miles. 75 miles is a peak week! I missed my last peak week due to hip problems so I am very glad those are behind me...for now.