Waking up to it snowing - again - this morning was, to put it bluntly, crap. I am so done with winter. It can end any day now. Yes, I realize I live about 9/10ths of the way to the North Pole, but enough is enough already.
I am sure the people further south agree with me.
And, yes, I know I can't control the weather. It is not something that I should get overly anxious over. But it's either the weather, or wedding planning stuff, and the weather doesn't give me mini-panic attacks.
So weather it is.
Suck it, Old Man Winter. I'm done.
Don't we have enough already?
Yesterday's Run
Yesterday was glorious and amazing, on so many different levels. First of all, no snow. Bonus. Secondly, nice temperature. Thirdly, mostly clear pavement, with minimal puddles. Awesome. And last, but not least, I totally kicked major butt. Yesterday's workout was more speed work: 5 minute warmup, followed by 800 meters at goal race pace, then 2 minute jog with 1200 meters at race pace, then 3 minute jog with 1600 meters at goal race pace, and then repeat one more time on the way back. I will admit that for the faster parts I went faster than my ultimate goal race pace of 8:40 (the average pace needed to finish the full marathon in 3:40), but I felt really pretty good averaging between 8:15 and 8:30. Was a lot hard on the last 1600 meters, but I still felt so good when I was done. And I am super duper jealous of the Shiny of my new running friend Cassie - apparently they make a new Garmin where you can program in the workouts, and it tells you when you're supposed to change pace, AND it tells you when you're going too fast or too slow... Oh well, just need to save up for another fancy toy. Yesterday I ran 6.58 miles in 57:50, for an average pace of 8:47. And, if I didn't mention it before, my NEW shoes have over 100 miles on them. Already. Looks like I'll need to save up for new shoes soon too....
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