8.25 miles on the TM at a pace of 8:00/mile.

Foot felt pretty good.  The swelling is down but still there.  My legs felt fresh and ready to run.

I didn't have time to get all my miles in during my morning run so I did 4 miles after I got home from school.  It was a different workout but it felt good.  I also did wall squats after my morning run to try to push my legs a little harder.  I did wall squats during and after my Monday TM run.  I did more of a fast/tempo run with the morning run being faster than the evening run.  I pushed it hard on the downhills and went more tempo on the uphills.  Overall everything feels good.  My sting is still swollen and causes pain with pressure, but I am just dealing with that.

AM:  AP 7:20/mile

PM:  AP 7:39/mile

I did an afternoon run today.  Started about 1:40 so it was nice and warm.  The legs felt tired but I was just doing a recovery run.  It was nice to run out in the sun and get a little warmth.  It was a little windy so that cooled me off pretty good when it was coming at me.  I am still keeping the dream in my back pocket to BQ this race, but that is dependant on how the rest of my training goes.  Right now running downhill at a 7min/mile pace does not feel hard but I need to get the legs ready for the fatigue of the 26.2 miles.

AP:  8:30

It's been an 8.25 week.  I did a speed/tempo run today.  I ran around a track that is about 0.4 mile around.  I did 3 laps nice and slow and starting with lap 4 I did the lap at about 6:55/mile pace followed by a recovery lap.  I did this for the rest of the run.  Everything felt good considering I have run every day this week at different times.  Overall I was happy with the run.  Tomorrow will be a long run and I think I will take it nice and slow.

AP:  7:40/mile

I did a 20 mile long run this morning.  I actually felt really good and could have gone more so that was encouraging.  I didn't do anything at MP.  I have done a lot of miles this week and 2 other runs that were fast so I wanted to be careful.  The last couple miles I did just under 8 min/mile but that was all.

The other 5 come from a hike I did with our youth of the Church.  We I went and spent a day and a half hiking in the woods and pushing a handcart with them.  At nigh we did a very very very difficult hike with the handcart that took everything we had.  It was steep, rocky, rutted out, and difficult.  I am home and done with the Trek, but the miles I spent hiking this weekend I thing will really help me with marathon training.    

3 miles of hiking during the day while pushing a handcart.  It's not running, but it's a real workout!