I’m building up to the Pfitzinger 18/55 plan for a spring marathon.
Monday: 8 miles. Ran 8 miles in the park and the neighborhood next to it. I tried to cross over to the other neighborhood, but after slipping on mud and realizing the mud would be too deep crossing over, I stayed in that subdivision and in the park. Late in the run, my podcast (the BibRave Podcast) ended, and I attempted to use my AfterShokz to tell the Google Assistant to play my Epic Running Playlist, and it failed. Later that day, after configuring the Google Assistant, I think I have it fixed. Between the AfterShokz and the new phone (I got a Google Pixel 3 a few weeks ago), it’s nice! 8.02 miles in 1:08:18 (8:31 min/mile pace).
I got this. I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard any of these except the first one. None of these are particularly good for running. 
This is what I wanted. Better music to run to.
Tuesday: 3 miles + 7 strides. I had a dentist appointment in the morning, so I slept in and ran at lunch. The temperature had started the day around the upper 20s, but by lunchtime it was around 40. I kept in the subdivision, and ran way too fast. 4 miles overall in 30:51 (7:42 min/mile pace).
Wednesday: 8 miles. The morning was cold, and I kinda wussed out and ran after a lunch meeting and after-lunch seminar. Ran 8 fast miles around the park and the neighboring two subdivisions. Christmas is in the air, the dog walkers were all courteous, and the only walkers without dogs moved aside before I said anything. It was NICE! I started my run with gloves on, but after 2 miles ran to my truck and stuck them under a windshield wiper. 8.05 in 1:06:35 (8:16 min/mile pace).
Thursday: 4 miles + 7 strides. It was supposed to be rainy all day except the morning, so I was already going to get out in the morning. It was raining anyway, and my quads were sore from two days of too-fast running. Stayed in the park for this one. 5.14 miles in 46:06 (8:58 min/mile pace… thanks to the strides, it was 9:11 min/mile before them!)
Friday: 11 miles. I had intended to run 11 miles, but also needed to put in a lot of hours for work, and thought I’d move this to Saturday and skip Sunday. Then, my wife got sick (so sick that I slept on the couch) and overslept (by HOURS) and had to watch the kids. The run never happened. On the bright side, Amazon came with some new shoes!
Sunday: 3 miles + 7 strides. Ran Tuesday’s miles today since Tuesday is Christmas. Ran some laps around the subdivision (and my wife is feeling better, THANK GOD!).
25 miles this week, and 24 last week. I think I’m rested enough to kick things up a notch. That being said…
This shouldn’t be a shock, I’ve talked about doing this and decided to finally give them my check card number and register. Flat, fast, and hopefully NO YELLOW FLAGS! 🙂