Hot Mamma

I was really upset by Saturday's race so I decided to push the pace.  Here are my splits:

 Mile 1: 8:10

Mile 2: 7:50

Mile 3:  7:38

Mile 4: 7:52

Mile 5: 7:50

Mile 6 (.16): 7:44

 I felt really good after that.  I did a couple sprints and some push ups and squats (no weights).

Overall pace: 7:52, fastest pace: 6:47

Today Jenny and I met up with some girls from the neighborhood to do some speed work.  We warmed up for 3 miles, and then met up with the other girls.  Here are our splits:

Mile 1: 8:40,  Mile 2: 8:27, Mile 3: 8:03

Speedwork: 

We began with a warm up lap around the block, .88 miles 8:50 pace

Lap 1 (.17) 5:33 pace  ( I wasn't sure of the ending and messed this first on up)

Lap 2 (524 ft) 7:03 pace

 Lap 3  (.18) recovery walk:18:19

Lap 4 (.25)  6:05 pace, 1:32:91

Lap 5 (.17) recovery walk: 17:16

Lap 6 (.25) 6:15 pace 1:35:45

Lap 7 (.16) recovery walk 18:12 

Lap 8 (.26) 6:28 pace 1:39:15

Cool Down mile: 9:27 avg pace

My legs were feeling a little tired this morning.  I wanted to do a nice, easy run.  My average pace was 8:12.  It felt really good.  I did 40 min of yoga/stretching afterward, and it felt great.  My legs feel much better now.  I was so grateful that it wasn't too cold or windy.  It seemed a little lighter too which really seemed to help!

Here are my splits:

Mile 1: 8:46 (Stopped at the light on 500 w and pioneer crossing)

Mile 2: 8:12 

Mile 3: 7:54 (passed the stinky mink farm)

Mile 4: 8:04 (Stopped at the light at 2300 w and pioneer crossing)

Mile 5: 8:07

Mile 6 (.18) 7:59

No great danes or fast drivers this morning.  All in all, pretty good run.

Today was an easy day.  It felt much colder today than yesterday, and I didn't have very good gloves.  I was surprised at how cold hands effected my first mile.  I warmed up a little, but not much.  There were a lot of cars driving really fast today.  I am really glad to have a reflective vest now!

Mile 1: 8:57 (stopped at light), Mile 2: 8:36,  Mile 3: 8:11, Mile 4: 8:14, mile 5: 8:12, mile 6 (.30): 8:04.