Lose Some / Win Some

Running through the snow trying to hit marathon pace just did not work yesterday. I tried. Overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, three-four inches of snow fell and the plows didn't touch the roads before my 2am run knowing the storm wouldn't finish for another few hours. During the mile warm up I thought maybe I could get my legs going on the slick streams of snow, but I ended up pulling the plug at mile four and headed for home feeling deflated, but knowing I found my limit. It didn't make sense to keep going with these conditions at this effort. I'd be needlessly wearing my body out. 

Later in the evening, the roads were clear, but I wasn't about to run down the street with as much traffic. (sidewalks still spotty). The university path is generally well maintained so I thought I'd give things another go, but it became apparent in a quarter mile the drifts would make it impossible to hit my goals. Anyway, after a long day/evening at work, I felt out of gas. I packed it and decided the best thing to do would be to move the work out to this morning.   

Today felt like a more fair fight. Still some head winds, and footing wasn't perfect, but it was good enough to have a decent run. Although sidewalks still were questionable, at 2am, there is little to no traffic so I did ok in the street. I hit my goal pace for all the spits.  Slightly faster in some places and slightly slower in others, but in the end satisfactory. 

With the modification of the training, I'll need to decided what do with my mileage for the next few runs. The typical run hard/recover cycle is disrupted now, but the principle is the same. Maybe 8 easy tomorrow instead of 10 so I'm ready for a moderate long run on Sunday? I still have consistency on myside. I'm expect that will go a long way toward resetting my calendar.