Every day is a new day

Back home after running the Seattle half. Satisfied with 1:48+. Ran very conservatively not being sure about the hills. As a result I had a good time on the first half viewing the scenery. The second half hills were not as bad as advertised, quite reasonable actually, but it was hard to pick up the pace very much on hills. I managed to keep my son within 20 minutes, ( by seconds!), so that was a win too. All in all a great race on a better than reported, abet a little slow, course.

Today was time to hit the road after a couple of post race rest days.  Mostly slow pace with a couple of tempo miles mixed in.  Still feel a little tired legwise but all in a good solid run.  Plan to tone down distance  to try and average about 40 miles a week through the winter, picking up the pace late February to start training for a race in the late May early June timeframe.

Just for laughs ran the first half of the half without looking at my watch, just going by feel not race pace but a good tempo run.  Ran it in 50:30 leading me to believe I ran a wee bit too conservatively last Sunday.  The good part of this leads me to find a race in the next few months to try again.  See there is value in a slow race.

Just an absolutely beautiful day.  Clear sky and 28-30 degrees.  A rare perfect day in southeast Alaska.  Ran the half park half road run for 7 easy miles.  One hour and one minute and had a great time looking around at the snow capped mountains and other sights.  I love runs that are fun just because they are.  Long run tomorrow will be a little more work.  Hope for fifteen but may not have time.

Clear, cold and beautiful again today.  Could not pass on the chance to do a long run in the sunshine.  Kept to an easy pace of 8:50/ mile for a total time of 2:02:27.  Felt good no problems or complaints.