Still training for the 5k

a little over 2 weeks till the 5k. Training is going good. I made it 41 miles last week. Took my first ice bath on Saturday. it actually wasen't as bad as I thought it would be. Next week I will use more ice and fill the tub up more. I had the space heater going, some coffee, and a long sleeved shirt. My dog thought I was going to die and came over to sit with me, that helped my hands stay warm. I just stayed in for 15 minutes and surfed the web on my Iphone, good distraction. My long run that day had been tough. I just wasn't feeling it. Monday I had a GREAT run though. I ran at a little faster than 8minut miles and felt great, it was nice. Tuesday was a tread mill day, yesterday was my tempo run that I actually pulled off. Made it 1 mile warm up up Clatt park hill, then I just decided that I would run comfortably hard and not stress about the exact pace. it was windy and I had hills to run up. I ended up running each mile at at least a 720, 3 of them faster. One of them, the last one, I really pushed myself to the point of gasping for air, it was right up ben street, it was windy and on a hill. it was tough, but I made it. then I had a mile and a half to cool off, ended up being a 7.5 mile run. I feel really good about it, finally I did one of the speed work outs right on, it's a good feeling. Then last night I did some ab stuff in front of the TV, it was kinda nice, something different, I think I will do that more often. Then this morning I ran with Boot camp, Debi actually showed up. we just ran like 5.5 miles, it was nice weather. 31 degrees with no wind. The sun is finally starting to rise early enough, so having some light and watching the sun rise was really nice. Tomorrow I do an easy 5 and I plan on doing some strength training as well. Then Saturday I need 12. Sunday I plan on doing nothing but walk Matilda.

Oh, I also got a new pair of shoes -- Mizuno wave Nirvana -- I really like them so far. Only done 2 runs with them, but they feel really good. they are a little stiff, but I love the raised spot that the end of my foot (before my toes) naturally settles in, it keeps my foot from moving around and mind makes my foot roll on to the next stride faster. I think they will be a good transistion shoe to the newtons because they feel similar, the newton is much more extreme but similar.