Marathon Training: Day 19

Distance: 8 miles

This was basically a hard 6 miles with 2 cool down miles, but I feel like it was one of my better runs so far. I did my 6 miles in 52:30 (a full minute faster than what I ran 2 weeks ago). The best part was that I didn't feel very well before my run, I was unhappy, road raging, and just kind of wanting to do nothing. The weather was nice, a little cold, but there's still some patches of snow and ice. I know that dodging icy wet spots slowed me down a little. I also really felt like I had a good stride, I don't think my heart rate broke 180 for any long period of time and I maintained a really good consistent pace for the whole run. I ate a power bar before the run and brought a gel but didn't feel like I needed it. After the run while I was cooling down I said "good morning" to someone at 5:30PM, I may have been a bit toasted from the exertion. The weather doesn't look too bad for the rest of the week and I'm really looking forward to spring this year.

In other news, it's fat Tuesday. I don't plan on giving up anything for lent though, maybe I'll give up being a big fat guy.