As usual a little behind on posting...
Friday I had a 5+ miler. It was 1 mile warm-up/easy then 3 X 1mile of tempo w/ 1/4 mile recovery and then cool down.
Weather was cool...but sunny. I had a REALLY good run. Ended up with 5.5 miles and in 57 mins. Pretty speedy for me. My tempo pace should be about 10...but just can't seem to run AT that pace. Mostly about 9:30 - 9:40. So I just went with it cuz I felt good. That was the best I have felt for running in a while. I was pretty darn happy w/ my total time/avg pace and how I felt running at tempo.
Saturday I ran w/ my friend--first time runner for her first 1/2 marathon. Trust me if it was NOT for her I would of not ran. It was the Disney 1/2 and the weather was miserable. And you have to be out there in the open cold for HOURS before. I wore more layers than I have ever worn knowing I would be running slower than my normal pace and that we might end up walking. It was a good thing, too. I was cold. So we have real winter in Florida. It was sleeting at the start. That wasn't' so bad cuz at least I was not wet. BUt it turned to drizzle. My jacket did a good job keeping me dry. But even w/ my running gloves on my hands were so cold they hurt really bad. But she finished! I know it was tough on her...but man being out there in that weather for as long as I (3:23) was and not really "heating" up...I was miserable. I sure hope my marathon day is not like it was today (Sunday) as Disney. Actually it wasn't as bad. It was colder for the start...29 degree, LOTS of wind so def a wind chill, but the sun did come out today, so hopefully that helped some.

Here's to a new week of running!