Running With LeMire

4 really easy miles this morning. Nothing really felt good about this run but m legs did start to loosen up after 2 miles.

This weeks hockey game is tonight at 10pm which is going to be hard to make it to.

5 miles on the treadmill. Started off at 6.5 mph for 400m, then cranked it up to 7.0 mph till mile 2 mark. Then raised it up to 7.5 mph for mile 3. Mile 4 and 4.75 I ran every other 400m at 7.5mph or 8 mph. The last 400m I ran the first 200 at 9.0 then the last 200 at 9.5mph. Overall it was a great workout and my body was definitely tired and stiff.

College Loop: today was a planned easy day since it's my third day running in a row and that hasn't happened yet this month. Even with that my legs felt pretty darn good. The worst part of the run was the 32 degree temps with 16mph winds that blasted me the last 3 miles. I should have ran the opposite direction of what I typically do on this route to help protect me from the winds a little better. It would have been better for at least 2 of the last 3 miles. The new neck gator that I purchased was used and it was super warm.

College Loop: my legs were pretty tired today but no pains that would imply anything wrong. I was a bit sore so I took it easy again. The average pace was 8:01/mi but that was with about a minute of time adjusting my heart rate monitor strap in the first mile. Yup, I tried out my Christmas present today which is a new Forerunner 620 Garmin watch. This mornings weather was 22degrees with only 2 mph winds which felt so much easier then yesterdays 16 mph winds.

College Loop: 6 miles at 7:39 pace with temps in the teens and light breeze, 4 mph winds. Got the watch up running a few more data sets and today's run was at 151 average heart rate for the 6 miles, max was 163. Overall my legs were stiff and sore but they didn't really feel that tired and this was my fast run of the week and my fastest two miles we the last 2 miles of the run. We are heading out of town to MN to do some family Christmas things since we haven't reall done Christmas with my side of the family since 2006 just before we moved to Arizona.