Marathon Training: Day 15

Distance: 4 miles w/intervals

Great run! I ran fast and felt good before, during, and after this run. First two miles in 16 minutes, mile 3 was <8 minutes, and mile 4 I broke into basically 2 pretty fast 800's. I did get a new weird knee pain, but it went away after a few steps, hopefully it's nothing too serious. I took a gel before leaving the house and felt like I had plenty of energy the whole time. It's warming up a little, and I may be able to ditch the gloves and long pants soon, but I still need my trail runners for traction on the packed snow. My run for Thursday is 8 miles, and I may focus more on getting the distance than the speed work. There is still substantial ice/snow coverage that makes some of the faster runs a little dicey. Friday I think I'll discuss my weight plateau, basically I've been between 191 and 194 since early June, despite continue the efforts that got me to 194 from 240 about 16 months ago.