7 Mile Trail Run

7 miles out at Lewis and Clark Trail. First time running out there, so I kept doubling back so I wouldn't be too far from Judy. Splits of 10:39, 11:25, 12:28, 12:59, 12:49, 11:42 and 12:34. Total time of 1:24:39, overall pace of 12:05, AHR of 159. Started getting a bit muddy by the end, but overall a pretty good run.

8 Mile Run

8 miles with the FFRC out in St Charles, running 4 miles out and 4 miles back. Splits of 9:55, 10:06, 10:03, 10:02, 9:21, 10:01, 9:50 and 9:39. Total time of 1:19:00, average pace of 9:52, AHR of 161. Pretty good run overall.

6 Mile Run

6 miles up at the lake, running to the south end, then through the woods and up towards the sailboat cove, then back around. 1:03:25 total time, 10;34 average pace, 160 AHR. Heart rate was a bit high for my pace, probably just tired. Splits of 10:42, 10:35, 10:33, 10:43, 10:57 and 9:52.

3.1 Mile Lake Run

3.1 miles up on the lake, 30:42 total time, 9:53 average pace, 158 AHR. Splits of 10:14, 10:07, 9:19 and 9:50 pace for the final .1 miles. Good to be back to running through the week.

7 Mile Run

7 miles out with the FFRC out in St Charles. 1:09:01 total time, 9:51 average pace. Splits of 10:00, 10:11, 9:51, 10:08, 9:38, 9:39 and 9:32. Overall a good run.

6 Mile Easy Saturday Run

Taking it easy at the marathon made recovery a lot easier, and so I was ready to get back to running the following Saturday. Ran with the FFRC, running 3 miles out and 3 miles back on the St Charles course. 1:00:16 total time for a 10:02 pace, AHR of 160, splits of 9:35, 10:18, 9:40, 10:05, 10:14 and 10:21. Pushed it a bit, but run felt good.

Disney Marathon - Goofy Challenge

Full Marathon at Disney World. I knew it was going to be a long day as I was already getting tired by mile 6. Thoughts of breaking 5 hours faded as I stopped for the bathroom three times, with the first two being +5 minute stops. Just didn't feel like standing back up and getting back to it. First 10 miles went pretty good, with splits of 11:16, 10:42, 10:47, 10:58, 10:31, 11:11, 11:03, a .1 mile lap to get back on the mile markers at a 1:22 pace, 10:49, 11:41 and 11:09. I then had a 20:00 mile with a 8 or 9 minute pit stop, then miles of 11:09, 11:08, 11:22, 11:31 and 11:38. Mile 17 was another bathroom stop with a 17:56 mile, then .16 miles at 15:39 pace to get back on the mile markers.The final 9.2 miles were a grind, I was walking about half a mile, then running a half mile. Splits were 12:30, 12:30, 12:18, 12:12, 11:59, 13:20 (quick bathroom stop), 12:35, 12:37 and 12:12. The final .27 miles to the finish were at a 10:24 pace. Overall 5:23:28, a 12:20 pace, AHR of 145. Though it was colder at the start, the sun was out and it felt pretty pleasant out. Was fun, will do it again some day, but would not want to make it an every year thing, that's for sure. Would plan better next time.

Disney Half Marathon

Half Marathon at Disney World. Plan was to take it pretty easy and save my energy for the Full Marathon, but I did run a bit faster than I planned. 2:24:45 total time, 11:02 average pace, splits of 10:28, 11:00, 10:07, 10:25, 11:26, 12:07, 11:24, a .17 mile split to get back on the mile markers at 10:28 pace, 10:44, 10:32, 10:45, 10:54, 10:46, 10:42 and a 10:34 pace for the final .15 miles to the finish. Cold, freezing rain, windy. Was really cold when I got done. Nice weather would have made the course a lot more fun, but I am glad it wasn't hot, made for comfortable running.

8 Mile Lost Valley Run

8 miles out at Lost Valley with the FFRC. I wanted to take it fairly easy, and didn't want to run on the single track trail part, so ran out and back on the start part, then out and back on the end part. 8 miles in 1:22:31, AHR of 155, splits of 10;20, 10:16, 10:40, 10:18, 10:09, 10:39, 10:08 and 9:57. Felt pretty good overall.