My daughter got her mission call last week so we decided to drive to Arizona to open it with her on Wednesday.  It was a total of 9 hours driving and I think the late night and stress caused me to get sick.  I felt terrible the rest of the week so I had to take the week off.  It worked out OK because it rained a ton and running might have been a little difficult.  I am still not 100% but I fetl good enough to run this morning.  I was able to catch a window between rain storms and get a run in.  My legs felt good but I wanted to take it slow.  Hopefully that was the only roadblock to my marathon training for Mt. Charleston!

I did the same run I did last Tuesday.  2.5 miles of downhill running at 6:30 pace with 2.5 miles slower running.

It was a soft drizzle this morning with some areas of light rain.  It was actually really nice running in the cold and wet weather.  I had to be a little careful going downhill fast because it was a little slippery, but it worked out just fine.

I had 7AM class so I didn't have time to do more than 6 miles.  It was the coldest morning I have experienced here with the temp about 32 degrees at 5 this morning when I started running.  Legs felt good and it was really nice to run early in the morning.

Core workout

This morning was a mixed tempo run, if such a thing exists.  I ended up doing the downhill at my MP goal pace and everything else I did slightly slower.  The steep uphills I tried to take it easy.  Overall everything felt good.  I didn't have a problem keeping the pace and it actually felt pretty easy with those short miles.

AP:  8:05

During lunch I went to the pool and did a swim.  It felt really good to swim in the middle of the day.

Recovery run nice and slow.

AP:  8:45

I had a really good run this morning.  I was debating between 14 and 16, but I knew deep down there was no way I would do 14.  I have had a good week of running so it was really nice to finish with a good long run.  I tried to find some new areas to run, but I didn't like them too much so I will keep looking.  This town is much harder to run in compared to Havasu.  It was chilly to start and the last 4 miles it rained on me which I really enjoyed!  It got a little windy at the end but nothing too bad.  My legs felt really good the last mile and I was able to finish it feeling like I could easily do another 4.  Overall it was a great morning of running.

AP:  8:45