RunningMyButtOff

I went for a easy run out at Draper Lake Hills but the wind was blowing about 30 mph steady and it was a pain in the butt. About 6 miles of my run was into the wind and I thought I was going to die. I went for a easy run and it turned into one of my hardest run in resent history. Also this was my longest run in about a year. 

AM-- Body Pump in the morning at the YMCA

PM-- 4 miles on the treadmill at the YMCA

My daughter has a volleyball game today so I have to run half in the morning and the rest after work.

Am-- 4 miles on the treadmill at the YMCA before work

Pm-- 5 mile at the OKC river after work and then off to Mariah's game

Very cold and windy by the time I got out and ran. I think the wind was about 100 mph F1 tornado. So I decied to go to my favorite place to block the wind. Draper Lake bike trails. I ran 5 easy and the trees block about 85% of the wind so it was perfect until I came out of the woods.

Am-- Spin Class

Pm--I ran a solo 11 miler out and back down by the river. It was a beautiful day for it. Saturday I have my first tempo run.  

Am-- Cardio and strength training at the YMCA.

Pm-- Scheduled off

Today day was the day I get to gauge where I'm at in my edurance fitness. I have a 8 mile run with 3 miles at tempo pace. I randomly picked 6:00 min/mile pace. I found out the night before that Jason was going to join me and help push me so it made it nice for my first tempo run. Overall I felt awsome I ran 6:05, 5:55, 5:52. I pretty much guessed where my fitness was pretty good. Thanks to Jason for the pace help. Also thanks to the other guys (JH, Rodger) for the motivation.

I ran a solo 13 miler out at the Draper Lake Hills. Nice day. Easy run.

Ran a 9 miler down at the river. 

Today was a easy day and I ran 4 miles on the river and stayed on the grass. I did have a rookie moment and forgot my running shoes. Thank goodness I wore my old Energy Boost to work so I ran in them.

5 easy miles on the treadmill at the YMCA.

Today was a tempo run day. I met up with a good group out out Hefner Lake. I went out with Jason and Ian for my run. I hit my miles at 5:56  5:55  5:52  5:47. It was a perfect day to run and I felt as if I could of run at least one more mile. Maybe next time.

I took a peace run at the Draper Lake bike trails. It was a little cool this morning but nothing that I couldn't handle. Also next week starting tomorrow will be getting cold.

Ran a easy run out at he Draper Hills with Danny and Jason. Tomorrow is supposed to be bad so it looks like a treadmill day.

4 easy on the teadmill at the YMCA.

Ran solo down at the OKC river. I did a farklet run. I did 5 miles out and on the way back I picked up the pace for 1 min to under 5:30 pace then easy for 2 min then back on. 8 x 1 min and recover for 2 min.

Decided to get my run done early. I went to the YMCA before work and got a easy 5 miler in. Done for the day.

Am-- Spin class at the YMCA.

Pm-- Tempo run day is begining to become one of my favorite days. The rest of my week is filled with alot of easy runs which is necessary but boring. Today we had a good group show up. JB, JH, Rodger, Danny, Ashley, and Byron. We did a little over a mile warm up and off we went into the wind. I thought I messed up in the early part of mile 1 because JB took off on me and I had to surge to catch up to him. I felt great I have learned to listen to my body and pay attention to how it feels during a run. My times where 5:50  6:00  5:53  5:43  5:43. I kind of got caught up in the JB effect on the last 2 miles. But I was glad I did it. Next week I'm by myself on tempo day as the rest of the team is going to Phoenix to run a marathon. Good Luck Guys. 

I switched my long runs to Saturday. So this week is going to show alot of miles but its only illution. I meet with Rodger, Ian, and JHat. We ran a easy 14 miler from NHP. Rodger and Jason decied to pick up the pace the last mile. There looking good.

Very cold outside I almost gave in and ran on the treadmil. I decided against that because I live so close to the Draper Lake bike trails. I did 8 easy and the trees blocked most of the wind. Over all it was still cold and thats how most of the week is going to be. I'm ready for spring.

5 on the treadmill. BORING

Farklet run today I did 1min on 2 min off x8. I trying to get my legs used to running faster paces before I start running a real speed workout. Slow and steady wins the race.

Early 6 on the treadmil at the YMCA. Tomorrow is a tempo run but the weather may have other plans for me. Ill play it by ear.

Today was a tempo run day. It was about 30 degrees and about a 20 mph wind. I went down to the OKC river and did my run down there. My first 2 miles were with the wind and mile 3 the wind switched and I ended up running into the wind. I turned back and mile 4 was with the wind and mile 5 was into the wind. It was my toughest workout to date and also my best. My times were 5:40  5:38  5:49  5:43  5:51 (28:43). Next Saturday will be my first race of the year. 

I cut my overall run short because I was very cold. I hate you winter.

I was forced to miss today because of the weather. I hate winter.