Awesome!

The weather was warm and I had an hour to spare so I cranked out an 8.2 miler today. I went out thinking I would just aim for an hour of ten minute miles, but after the first mile I was feeling so good that I decided to go for it. I would have stopped after 10k but I had to get home, which of course required running farther, so I figured I might as well aim for a pr on the 7 mile. Ended up with a sub-26 minute 5k, 52 minute 10k, and 1 hour 7 miler. Fastest mile was 7:45. Results here. Some day I would love to hit a 7 minute mile, even better would be three of them in a row during a race...
For now I am just thankful to be running without any injuries, I'll never take that for granted again.

Christmas trail run

Went for a fabulous trail run in the woods near the quarries in St. Cloud. Managed to stub my toe on a root about 50 feet into the run, must have forgotten my trail-legs. After that the run was great. Perfect weather and my wonderful wife joined me for the run. 3 miles on about 32 minutes.

Snowy run

I woke up at 9:30, reached for my running clothes in a pile next to the bed, got all bundled up; thermals, tights, technical shirt, running jacket, hat, neck gator, socks, shoes, gps, headphones, gloves..Running in the winter takes so much more preparation than running in the summer.
When I started running toward Staring Lake the snow was just starting to fall. By the time I was half way around the snow was falling sideways. It was gorgeous. By the time I got home I was coated with fluffy snow. No pain, easy 6.25 mile run, 1 hour, 5 minutes.