38 Min Run (light) --163.5--

LOS FELIZ -- Recovery run. Good thinkie time, but man...sometimes these light runs are the biggest killers of all. Guess that's why you take it easy on the recovery deals.

55 Min Run (key) --162--

SILVERLAKE -- What a flippin great run. Just fantastic. Did a nice warmup pace, then got moving around the water...ran into a U-M shirt wearing comedian...dusted up along the back stretch and instead of cooling down on the way home, actually did some great speed work.

If only they all could be so great.

36 Min Run (Base) --162.5--

LOS FELIZ -- Finally, finally, finally a thrilling run. This was great. Easy warm up pace leads to speedy parts on hills leads to solid pace through middle third leads to strong finish and sprint at the end. Really loved it. Thank goodness. This has been a long streak of fairly boring, arduous runs.

Toward the end, realized that letting ankles go a bit loose, while stiffening the leg at impact really was impressive at reducing friction with the ground and efficiently transfer energy forward.

15 Min Run (key) --163.5--

LOS FELIZ -- A quick, but solid sprint workout around the high school and the hood. Early morning bonus!

35 Min Run (easy) --161.5--

LOS FELIZ -- A very, very easy go of it around the Blvd loop. Good day after run. Felt solid altogether. And felt strong in the post run recovery. Good show.

55 Min Run (key) --160.5--

SILVERLAKE -- Went around the reservoir and really had to fight (well, sorta) in the last mile or so. A decent breakthrough for whatever reason. Did well against it, though. Didn't have a great pace or anything, but good to get some distance together after nearly a week of nothing. Again, for no reason. Lots of sleep involved. Doesn't make sense.

Improve the diet is the key to restarting the training cycles. Then the running. Then the everything else.

32 Min Run (key) --161--

LOS FELIZ -- Another proud loop, but short. I'm increasingly iffy on the .3 downhill and .3 uphill to finish the run. Not sure what the point of that is. Might have to adjust the long held route.

30 Min Run (base) --163--

LOS FELIZ -- Around the block, cut a bit short. Good pace, quick up the Vermont hill.

30 Min Run (light) --160.5--

LOS FELIZ -- Went up the hill into Griffith Park and back. Light and easy, though worked up quite a sweat despite the cold temps and easy effort.

This was one of those times where the first steps out the door were bouncy and effortless, which was very surprising. Hope to get more of that back after a few months of being weary and dreary for the first .5 miles.

34 Min Run (key) --160.5--

LOS FELIZ -- Quick Los Feliz Blvd. loop. Decent push around the sacred grounds. Good push here and there.

35 Min Run (base) --160.5--

LOS FELIZ -- Got out in the AM for a little loop on Los Feliz Blvd. Good and good. Beautiful running weather. Used the new running shirt from the 5k for the second time. This thing is going to be handy.

New Intelli plan should get more of these runs in the cards. Less bullcrap after shift runs in Venice.

30 Min Run (base)

SAGINAW, Mich. -- Got out around the Bairds place for a decent run. I kind of like running in the subdivision. Lots of turns and whatnot. No traffic. Just wide open streets.