February 4 - February 10 (101 miles/week)

2/4
AM: 10 miles easy
PM: 5 miles easy, treadmill

2/5
AM: 9 miles easy
PM: weights, core

Now that hunting season is over, I can run on the trails in the slough near work (Ravenswood). Even though they can get a little muddy, it's cool to have access to soft trails near campus. I'm fine with Bayfront Park, but I can only take so many laps around a landfill.

2/6
AM: 20 x 1:00 on/off - 10 miles
PM: 7 miles easy, treadmill

2/7
AM: 10 miles easy
PM: 7 miles easy, treadmill

2/8
AM: 9 miles moderate
PM: 4 miles easy (treadmill), weights, core

I picked it up in the second half of my morning run, hitting a 5:24 mile, but I didn't feel that great. With a tough run tomorrow, I shut it down early.

2/9
AM: 18 miles moderate

I drove up to Mill Valley to meet Varner for a long run with a lot of trails and climbing. We were a little faster from the get go, making it to Stinson Beach in a shade over an hour, whereas we have been 1:10-1:15 the last few times. Moving pretty well, that moved into 30+ minutes of climbing that went from sea level to 1600 feet. We reunited and wound our way back down the trails that criss-cross Mt. Tamalpas, stopping for a gel about 1:40 into the effort. All told, we were on our feet for a shade under 2.5 hours:

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/231429536/

2/10
PM: 12 miles easy

I waited until the afternoon to go up to the Sawyer Camp Trail, and I was still tired. This was my first week over 100 miles in 10 months, so I'm thankful to continue making progress.