Mon 3/12 - off. Laid low by the time change, which is what I'm going with.
Tue 3/13 - PM 55 minutes easy
Wed 3/14 - AM 50 minutes incl. 3xmile, 4x200. With another snow-related day off work I had the opportunity to run at Harvard in the morning before lunch. Waffled over what specifically to do, in the end I thought I would do the 3xmile at something around threshold pace followed by a 4-3-2-1 cutdown. The mile repeats were all negative split with the first half a bit over 2:50, overall splits of 5:36, 5:33.4, and 5:33.5 with 2R in between. In hindsight this took too much out of me as when it came time to start in on the cutdown following a 6 minute break, I could tell it wasn't happening. Opted for 200s instead with a 1 minute recovery, splits of 36, 36.4, 36, and 36.1. Overall not terribly impressive but hopefully somewhat worthwhile. Windy and cold outside.
Thu 3/15 - filler
Fri 3/16 - 45 minutes easy
Sat 3/17 - AM 50 minutes incl. 5k road race. Defended the home turf from all comers which isn't saying much in this case. Course was very familiar both from various iterations of the local road race and of course covering these same roads many many times in training as well. Cold with a baleful west wind raking all morning. I had thought I might be able to squeeze in a second easy run in the evening but it wasn't to be.
Sun 3/18 - 85 minutes easy. With the trails snowed in completely I was forced to stick to roads and so took the scenic route to South Acton via Parker and River streets. From there on to Lower Village via Stow Road, Tuttle and Red Acre. A plodding if consistent effort. Woodcocks are out and about, heard but not seen at various points including Jones Field.
