Morning!  RD for me.

Good morning, friends!  This morning's pre-work run was colder than most runs I'll have between now and springtime.  A SOLID winter morning out there.  There will be runs that are colder than 15 degrees, but not many.  I did 5 miles at the track, and DW did her run too, so we were able to enjoy the cold together.  My easy pace has gotten faster again.  7:35 avg pace at a legit easy jog, which also happens to be faster than BQ pace.  I had my Garmin covered up, so I was surprised to see that pace.  I was figuring it'd be closer to 8:30.  Got a tempo run to do tonight too.

I turned down my invitation to our project go-live appreciation party after work tonight.  First of all, I've got to get home and take of the dog, as I can't leave her alone for that long, and second, FTS.  I've lost enough nights, weekends, and vacations to that damn project already, not to mention too many of the people that are going have been pissing me off lately and I have no desire to spend any of my free time with them.

This morning's pre-work run was colder than most runs I'll have between now and springtime.  A SOLID winter morning out there.  There will be runs that are colder than 15 degrees, but not many.  I did 5 miles at the track, and DW did her run too, so we were able to enjoy the cold together.  My easy pace has gotten faster again.  7:35 avg pace at a legit easy jog, which also happens to be faster than BQ pace.  I had my Garmin covered up, so I was surprised to see that pace.  I was figuring it'd be closer to 8:30.  Got a tempo run to do tonight too.

So all you need now is a marathon where it's 15 degrees, on a track, and you can easy jog your way into a BQ!

It snowed again overnight. And with the cold temps and darkness my motivation level for going out to run in that nonsense was less than zero. You can only sit around lamenting the weather and conditions for so long however. At some point, you have to do what we do, so I did: 5 miles.

Yup here too. I think I'm gonna be at the indoor track because dark + slippery + fast running doesn't work well

 

Is there an indoor track close to where you are? It definitely is a nice compromise between outdoor running and a treadmill, and might be worth extra driving time to go there.

for sure. mine is my saving grace when the roads are bad outside. I just bought a 20-pack pass the other night cause the way this winter has been I'm gonna use that for sure.

46 mins run/stand on the mill, 31:20 of actual running at 2%... slowing adding reps and will really slowly increase pace.

not satisfying  but but right ham feels really good

 

Gallup poll says 85% of people hate their jobs so there's lots of company here

I just listened to a great podcast on Hidden Brain called BS jobs... and I was like yup. lol