Week Two of LBL Training

  So Sunday isn't finished yet, but I figure what the hell. I survived Thanksgiving and the 2nd week of Land Between the Lakes Marathon training, so far it's going well.
  Tuesday Rocky and I ran an easy 5.2 miles on the road, I was concerned that it might be too muddy on the trails. We ran the 5.2 in 52:45 with an average pace of 10:09/min/mile, my quads were bugging me still but not awful... It was 36 degrees with a feels like 30.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:53
Mile 2 - 10:34
Mile 3 - 9:07
Mile 4 - 10:17
Mile 5 - 9:56
.2       - 9:55

   Wednesday morning was colder, and we went ahead and hit the trails this time. I think I might have under-dressed...... anyways it was pretty damn cold, but Rocky and I enjoyed it. We ran 8.1 miles in 1:27:07 with an average pace of 10:38 min/mile. It was around 25 degrees, though I would swear it was colder damn it.
  Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:31
Mile 2 - 10:28
Mile 3 - 10:16
Mile 4 - 10:59
Mile 5 - 10:30
Mile 6 - 10:25
Mile 7 - 10:49
Mile 8 - 10:11
.1      -  9:49

  Thursday was windy, the temperature was 30 degrees but it felt like 22 thanks to 9 mph N winds. Rocky and I hit the trails again, running 5 miles in 55:16 with an average pace of 11:03 min/mile, slow and muddy and icy. The blah feeling is finally going away, for the past 2 weeks I have been in some sort of funk and not really excited about training or running. Maybe my body is trying to adapt to the cold or I need a much longer break after the marathon.

  Friday Rocky and I hit the roads this time for 6.1 miles, it was 27 degrees with no wind (thankfully). My quads are getting less annoying now, the soreness from hitting Audubon park a week ago is finally going away (FINALLY). We ran 6.1 miles in 1:01:56 with an average pace of 10:09 min/mile.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:03
Mile 2 - 10:25
Mile 3 - 10:28
Mile 4 - 10:19
Mile 5 - 10:10
Mile 6 - 9:37
.1       - 8:38

  This morning was slower, 3 miles in 33:16 on the muddy trails. Tomorrow I am hoping for 10 muddy miles on the trails but we'll just see how the night goes and stuff, it's going to be in the high 50's around 5 AM so that is good news.