Training 12/20 to 12/26

12/20 Monday: 8 miles in 60 minutes

Treadmill running at work.

12/21 Tuesday: AM: 10 miles in 70 minutes PM: 5 miles in 40 minutes

AM: Rattlesnake Hill loop. Had some solid middle miles where I was moving pretty good (6:20-6:30 pace) and the pace felt easy. It was nice to feel strong on a run.

PM: Treadmill running at work.

12/22 Wednesday: AM: 12.5 miles in 91 minutes PM: 4.5 miles in 33 minutes

AM: Running with Heather over to the Bradford section of town.

PM: Easy running in the snow! Felt good.

12/23 Thursday: 10 miles in 73 minutes

Easy running with Jim Johnson and Heather. Ran out to the Crystal Lake area and back. Felt pretty good.

12/24 Friday: 11.5 miles in 81 minutes

Ran he first 4.5 miles with Heather out to Crystal Lake. I continued on to get in a few more miles. I did 6 x 20 second strides during the last couple miles of the run.

12/25 Saturday: 8 miles in 63 minutes

Merry Christmas! Easy running with Heather out to Crystal Lake and back. It was nice and quiet out there today.

12/26 Sunday: 13 miles in 93 minutes

BU Mini meet today. Did 3+ miles of warm up, raced 3k in 8:47, ran 5 miles, raced 1 miles in 4:36, warmed down about 2 miles. I ran a 3k PR (old PR was 8:56) today!!! Very pleased with the results today. Results

Heather also made her indoor 3k debut running about 10:40! Results for the third heat are very wrong.

Total Miles: 82.5 miles

Very solid week of running with some great results at the end of the week to keep me motivated. Putting in the work = results!