"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

4 miles @ 7:28 pace

10 miles total with 3 x 1 mile repeats.  Met Melody & Emily B at BYU.  We warmed up outside but the outdoor track had ice on it so we went to the indoor track.  I was very hot in my shirt that keeps me warm in 32 degrees.  My splits were 6:01, 6:02, 6:04.  I was happy with my times, but being 12 seconds behind Melody on the track looks really far and 20 seconds behind Emily B was, well about a whole straight away.  I could barely see her with all the other people on the track.  It felt good to do some speed work again though and I'm excited to do it again.

Met Melody, Emily, Dessire, Josse, and Rebecca for a 4 mile tempo run.  We warmed up 1 1/5 miles then started our tempo.  Our first 1/2 mile was too slow, around 6:37 pace, then we picked it up and I finished the first mile at 6:23 pace.  The 6:10 pace we ran for the second half of that mile was too fast for me and my second mile slowed to 6:34.  Melody and Emily took off keeping up a pretty good pace.  I felt the best on mile 3 and 4 which were 6:26 & 6:28.  I think the last mile would have been faster, but I stopped for traffic to cross the street.  I needed more warm-up.

4 miles avg 7:13 pace.

18 miles @ avg 7:10 pace with Melanie.  Kim and Jane ran with us for 10 of the 18.  This week's run seemed to go by faster than last weeks run.  I felt a lot better than last week too.  I was worried I might struggle after my harder runs on Tuesday and Thursday and only getting 5 1/2 hours of sleep last night, but was pleasantly surprised.  The thermometer at my house said 26 so I dressed for that, but in Lehi it was only 16 and I was really cold the first two miles.  Once I got "warmed up" I felt ok, but by the time I drove home I felt cold all the way down to my bones so I sat in the hot tub.

My brother talked me into doing the 1/2 marathon Spartin race here in June.  The website describes it as "an obstical course from hell."  Some of the obsticals look really hard.  I'm worried I won't finish because I won't be able to climb the 20 foot rope etc.  This week I tried to do some pull-ups and luckily our pull-up bar is down low for our 10 and 8 year old boys because I had to put my feet down and totally cheat in order to get myself up.  I've got a long way to go when it comes to upper body strength.