Tuesday, January 6, 2009

wet winter wonderland

Steady rain for 2 days.....nasty outdoors. Wimped out and went treadmill past two days. 4.4 yesterday......4.65 today. Beats not running. Actually tried 5 minutes of elliptical after both runs. Pretty tough after the time on the treadmill. Oh well, any leg work at this time of year is good leg work. Will make april and may easier. No great time on the treadmill.....started at 7.2 miles/hr and worked up to 9m/hr for the last 5 minutes each day. No grade..........I hate hills on a treadmill--to risky for the achilles unless I'm really feeling frisky.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

New Year

Doing well outdoors. 5 miles today......slow for 3 (9 min/mi) then about 7/6:30 the last two. Faster felt better. Lots to do to get under 18 min 5K but the next four mos will help build a good base while increasing speed slowly.. Plan for more interval work and hill work by about April. By July should be humming along nicely. It's all in how the legs hold up. So far so good.