Monday: 5 miles (9:16), 5 miles (9:23). First 5 on the treadmill and then 5 miles in the snow at Brixx.
Tuesday: 3 miles (9:21), 5.25 miles (8:00), 2 miles (10:00). 3 mile warmup, 6 x (1000m@8.6 mph + 400m@5.7 mph), 2 mile cooldown. I was pretty exhaused after this interval work on the treadmill.
Wednesday: 10 miles (9:05). Treadmill again during a cold week.
Thursday: 4 miles (9:51), 4 miles (9:13). First run was outdoors. I just felt so stiff in the cold and it was only upper 30's.
Friday: 5 miles (9:08).
Saturday: 17 miles (8:07). I had intended to run the Hot Chocolate 15K. But when I woke up at the hotel downtown and saw the upper teens temperatures with northerly winds putting the windchill in single digits, I had no desire to go out there. I would have completely overdressed and had no enjoyment running. So I timed my run on the treadmill while the Olympic Trials was on TV. I find running while watching a marathon very motivating. After a 3 mile warmup, I ran 11 miles at 8.0 mph, which is a 7:30 pace. That is my fastest ever 11 mile section. I had thought about running 2.1 more to make it a half marathon at 7:30 pace, but that was off plan and should be saved for 3 weeks at Tom King.
Sunday: 5 miles (9:25), 8 miles (9:18). Second run was 8 miles watching the end of the PGA Tournament on TV. Mickelson missed the putt to go into a playoff.
Total Miles: 73.2. This was a solid week with two really good workouts. Although I feel a little wimpy skipping the Hot Chocolate 15K because of the cold, I ended up with one of my best ever training runs. 11 miles at 7:30 is definitely the fastest I have ever run 11 miles. With 7 weeks to the Paris Marathon, I feel things are starting to go well.
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