Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake

Lunch time run on the trails, nice sunny day but very windy, the wind really impacted my pace. My Garmin died again. Now I have to determine if it just isn't charging or if the battery won't take a full charge. Overall a good month, 127.7 miles for a shortened month.

Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake

Lunch time run, my Garmin's battery died after 2.88 miles, ran the full 11.0mi, trails were very sloppy, some ice, very wet and mushy. I updated the run for the proper distance and picked a average time for this run. A tough run but good training for my next half marathon which is a trail half marathon in Innsbrook, MO this coming Saturday. This will be number 3 of 12 in my "RUN12HALF MARATHONS in 2012".

Oak Lawn Neighborhood

This was my day off, but it was such a beautiful day I ran 3mi with Andy around the neighborhood. Nice enjoyable run!

Country Lane 5mi Loop x2

Saturday morning run with Angelica and Maria on the Country Lane trails. Trail was frozen hard, a little ice and snow, the sun was out, overall it was a nice run!

Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake

Lunch time run. No snow or ice, but fairly sloppy today.

Lost Dutchman Half Marathon, Apache Junction, AZ

2 of 12 Half Marathons for 2012, brought me to Apache Junction, AZ. Nice out and back route with great views of Superstition Mountains. New PR, finished Overall Place 115 / 1114 and Division Place 8 / 70. A very tough run mentally, I was keeping an eye on my pace each mile, but misread mile 7 thinking it was 8:40 and just decided to not look anymore and it felt like I struggled the rest of the way, but as it turned out mile 8 was one of my fastest and I finished with a time that shocked me. So it turned out to be a great run and a fun weekend taking in the sights in Arizona!

Oak Lawn Neighborhood

Short run around the neighborhood to keep loose before Sunday's half.

Wed, Feb 15, 2012 12:36 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran:    11.02 miles
Time:  1:34:12 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace:  8:33 minutes/mile 
Temperature:  41°

Lunch time run, forgot the GU, tough run mentally.

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Mon, Feb 13, 2012 12:51 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran:    11.01 miles
Time:  1:32:57 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace:  8:27 minutes/mile 
Temperature:  30°

Lunchtime run, trails were still partially covered with snow, but at least there was no ice. I am looking forward to the Half Marathon in Apache Junction, AZ this coming Sunday, the warmer weather will be nice!

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Sat, Feb 11, 2012 8:51 AM Central
Country Lane Yellow Trail
Ran:    10.70 miles
Time:  1:38:16 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace:  9:11 minutes/mile 
Temperature:  10°

Ready for the cold!

Our Saturday morning group run turned out to be a group of one, so I decided to run the full snowy, icy, hilly Yellow Trail in the 10° weather. I wasn't the only crazy one, I saw 5 other runners, a mountain biker and two walkers. The Yellow Trail is a blast all year long!

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Thu, Feb 9, 2012 1:02 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran:    11.01 miles
Time:  1:34:18 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace:  8:34 minutes/mile 
Temperature:  35°

Lunch time run, almost 100 percent, nice sunny day and no more ice on the trails. : )

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Wed, Feb 8, 2012 3:34 PM Central
Country Lane Trails
Ran:    5.06 miles
Time:  43:15 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace:  8:33 minutes/mile 
Temperature:  35°

Solo, back at the Country Lane trails, it has been almost a month since running these trails. Not quite 100 percent yet, but still enjoyed the hilly muddy trails!

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Sat, Feb 4, 2012 7:07 AM Central
Turtlehead Lake, Palos Heights
Ran:    4.84 miles
Time:  53:51 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace:  11:07 minutes/mile 
Temperature:  33°

Andy with a bad knee and me still feeling under the weather at Turtlehead Lake(10.5 mile loop), we both agreed that neither one of us were going to be able to run the full loop, so we decided to just run 3mi and back. Well, we ran the first 2 miles and then alternated between walking and running until we got back to the parking lot. My usual assessment is that it just about putting the miles in, but to be honest I feel that walking is like giving up...

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Thu, Feb 2, 2012 1:01 PM Central
Danada County Trails, Herrick Lake
Ran:    11.01 miles
Time:  1:35:28 (hh:mm:ss)
Pace:  8:40 minutes/mile 
Temperature:  40°

Lunch time run, very tough today, a little bit under the weather fighting off a cold, and it shows in my pace. But it is all about putting the miles in, so I am glad that I got it done.

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