Phantom

8 miles this morning. started in "slow gear" and stayed there.

hope to get a track workout in this evening.

i post poned last nights track workout. an hour long track workout in the dark didn't seem prudent.

went to the track this morning. did a mile warmup and then started into a 10x800m workout. temps were in the mid 40's, perfect.

1 2:39

2 2:40

3 2:40

4 2:42

5 2:42

6 2:39 had to shut it down bigtime on the last straight away, i was runing too fast.

7 2:40

8 2:42

9 2:40 still feeling good, knew that i could open it up a little on the last one.

10 2:35

this was a really good work out for me. took a 5 minute rest between the 5th and 6th. on all the others i jogged a lap. rest time was usually 2:30-3:30.

finished off the workout by doing 5.5 miles out on the road.

based on this workout i feel that i am in better shape than last year at this time.

5.5 miles in the morning felt pretty good but didn't push the pace at all. didn't even take watch.

8 miles in the morning. very comfortabel 7:30 pace

5.5 easy miles in the morning

the trails half marathon.

1 5:56

2 6:06

3 5:51

4 6:09

5 5:57

6 6:07

7 6:28

8 6:05

9 6:05

10 6:24 1:01:12

11 5:43

12 5:44

13 5:59 1:18:39

.08 :15 total time 1:18:54

overall a good race for me. my legs felt tired the first half. effort didn't seem to match up with my mile times. really felt strong the last 3 miles ran the last 3+ miles in 17:42 and finished strong. not a PR but it is my fastest half other than bryce canyon.