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Total Miles – 27.7<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Runs 29 – 32: The start of weekly writing vs after every run.\u00a0 I just recently finished my long run of what was suppose to be an easy week turned difficult by Mother Nature.\u00a0 We got a massive snow storm that dumped 21 inches of snow on my small town.\u00a0 If that sounds like a lot it\u2019s because it is.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run 29 – <\/em><\/strong>This was an easy 50 minute run that was suppose to happen on Monday but was shifted to Tuesday since, we got dumped on Monday with those 21\u201d I just mentioned.\u00a0 I wound up having to wait until late in the day to run.\u00a0 The gym did not open until noon on Tuesday due to the snow and I could not go right at noon because to add complication to the week, Tuesday was also the start of an internal conference at my company. I wound up finally going out around 6pm.\u00a0 50 minutes on the treadmill is no easy feat.\u00a0 It\u2019s suppose to be, but no, it\u2019s not.\u00a0 To top it all off, I wore the New Balance which are not fitting as well as I had hoped.\u00a0 I experience quite a bit of discomfort on my ailing arch, but nothing overly concerning. \u00a0 I figured the new book I started listening to would distract, yet it did not.\u00a0 I spent the 50 minutes, changing speeds and elevation to entertain myself. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run 30 –<\/em><\/strong> Hills, but on the treadmill again. \u00a0 Last week I almost died with 6 rounds at an elevation of 8 and a pace of 7:47.\u00a0 This week I had 8 rounds at the same pace.\u00a0 The rest of the workout being identical.\u00a0 The same 25 minute warmup, followed by sprints, then hills, then 10 minutes at an 8:00 minute pace and finally a cool down. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I can honestly say is that, it has become a standard that I start doubtful of being able to complete the training, then, being able to do it.\u00a0 It\u2019s true that running is a complete mind game, it\u2019s getting past the barriers we ourselves create.\u00a0 Last week I barely finished the 6th one, today, I got all the way to the 8th with no ill effects.\u00a0 This week the hardest part was the 10 minutes at 8 minute pace. The treadmill making it all interminable. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run 31 <\/em><\/strong>– Taking to the roads! 21 inches of snow do not disappear in days.\u00a0 We have more snow incoming tomorrow Sunday.\u00a0 So today, I laced up the New Balance and hit the road.\u00a0 A brand new loop avoiding trails that are not usually cleaned, preferring just streets.\u00a0 Even the streets, I needed to avoid sidewalks since those are also not all necessarily cleaned.\u00a0 So edge of the road.\u00a0 I created the path using the most desolate roads I could find and while the hills were murderous, it made for a very interesting loop.\u00a0 The New Balance started off weird, but by the end, they were fine.\u00a0 I tightened them up similar to the brooks and that made some of the difference I think.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run 32 –<\/em><\/strong> Short Long Run ending on a speedier end.\u00a0 60 minutes at easy pace, 25 minutes at Marathon pace, or I think that is Marathon pace ending with 10 minutes at Half Marathon pace.\u00a0 To top it all off, since I don\u2019t feel safe pushing on the road, we woke up with a lot of black ice on the roads, I headed to old reliable, Central Park. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started\u00a0 the run with my girlfriend who needed to do 5 miles.\u00a0 She\u2019s training to do a half, while I am training for the Marathon.\u00a0 We stuck to the bottom loop avoiding the massive hill at 110th.\u00a0 The first loop was uneventful, Martha took off and even though I continued to tell her to slow down, I spent the whole 5 miles looking at her booty from afar.\u00a0 After she exited the path at 100th on the West Side.\u00a0 I continued, 10 more minutes at an easy pace, followed by those 25 at sub 9.\u00a0 That sub 9, was fine, until I reached Cats hill on 72 in the East Side.\u00a0 That could be the worst hill, it definitely was today.\u00a0 I was coasting at about an 8:40 pace, and keeping that up that hill was nye impossible.\u00a0 I think I did, but only because I was able to speed up after. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hardest part, was speeding up to 8:00 pace for the last 10 minutes.\u00a0 My body was not into it, yet somehow all of a sudden I\u2018m struggling to slow down to that pace.\u00a0 I took off too quick and started in the mid 7\u2019s.\u00a0 By the time I controlled myself to an 8 pace.\u00a0 My body was done and I started to slow down with 3\/4 minutes remaining, not because I could not keep the pace, but because I exited the park.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With snow tomorrow, I have more treadmills in my future next week.\u00a0 Training for a Spring marathon in NY, sucks!… ENOUGH said for this week.\u00a0 See ya\u2019ll next week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Total Miles – 27.7 Runs 29 – 32: The start of weekly writing vs after every run.\u00a0 I just recently finished my long run of what was suppose to be an easy week turned difficult by Mother Nature.\u00a0 We got a massive snow storm that dumped 21 inches of snow on my small town.\u00a0 If … <\/p>\n

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