Week 4

The plan for week 4 was:

	week #	week	M	T	W	Th	F	S	Su	Total
	4	1/25/2016		4	10	4		24	10	52

What I ended up running was:

	week #	week	M	T	W	Th	F	S	Su	Total
	4	1/25/2016		4.1		3.8		19.4		27.3

• Mon Jan 25
• Tue Jan 26
Had to do street running since a great trail I live near is covered in snow. It was a lot of dodging cars because the sidewalks were always clear.
• Wed Jan 27
• Thu Jan 28
Ran along streets in the area. Conditions are better with spotty patches of ice. The shoulders of roads are still covered in snow so not ideal but with low traffic it isn't too bad.
• Fri Jan 29
• Sat Jan 30
Ran Eternal Winter, the fatass winter version of the Eternal Summer 6 hr run, hosted by the Annapolis Striders. Ran with Kristin and Kate for all of it, and Steve for a bit. Wound up running mostly on the road inside the park since the usual path was covered in snow.
• Sat Jan 31

Week 3

The plan for week 3 was:

	week #	week	M	T	W	Th	F	S	Su	Total
	3	1/18/2016		4	8	4		10	6	32

What I ended up running was:

	week #	week	M	T	W	Th	F	S	Su	Total
	3	1/18/2016	5.7			10.3			3.0	19.0

• Mon Jan 18
Had MLK day off so I met up with some friends for a hike in Patapsco Valley State Park.
• Tue Jan 19
• Wed Jan 20
• Thu Jan 21
Had a surprise day off work so I ran at Wincopin.
• Sat Jan 23
• Sun Jan 24
Dug out of the snow and went scouting around my area. Went into Wincopin for 1 mile, which was a big workout through knee deep snow. Only did 3 mi but it took nearly 1:30 due to conditions.

Week 2

The plan for week 2 was:

	week #	week	M	T	W	Th	F	S	Su	Total
	2	1/11/2016		4	8	4		24	10	50

What I ended up running was:

	week #	week	M	T	W	Th	F	S	Su	Total
	2	1/11/2016		6.0				15.8	5.5	27.3

50 mi seems ridiculously high mileage this early! I'm cutting back some runs since I'm really just gearing up for a 50K right now (HAT on Mar 19).

• Tue Jan 12
• Wed Jan 13
I ran 6.0 mi with Kristen along the Baltimore Waterfront.
• Thu Jan 14
• Sat Jan 16
Ran PHUNT, a 25K/50K trail race. We had great conditions - sunny and cool, muddy trails but not too bad as my feet didn't get wet. Butch was at this event but I didn't see him. I did find two other friends, Michele and Liz, and ran with them.
• Sun Jan 17
Slept in and ran 5.5 mi on the Patuxent Branch Trail (I call it the Lake Elkhorn Trail since that's where it leads).

Week 1

The plan for week 1 was:

	week #	week	M	T	W	Th	F	S	Su	Total
	1	1/4/2016		4	8	4		10	6	32

What I ended up running was:

	week #	week	M	T	W	Th	F	S	Su	Total
	1	1/4/2016		8.3				6.1	13.1	27.5

• Tue Jan 5
Due to scheduling logistics, I swapped with tomorrow. I ran 8.2 mi on the Patuxent Branch Trail.
• Wed Jan 6
• Thu Jan 7
The rest of the weekdays didn't go so well. I picked up a cold and decided to get more sleep and otherwise rest. I don't think doing minor exercise (i.e. less than an hour of easy running) will make things worse, but instead the decision was more about getting extra sleep. Not the greatest kickoff to training, but it is early in the plan, there are a lot of weeks left, and I will get back on track this weekend.
• Sat Jan 9
Good run with a meetup group I'm an organizer of (Run, Gap, Gulp, Go). Considering the dreary day, turnout was fantastic. We did one loop of the Mid Maryland 50K route, and saw another group out there obviously running the route as well. I run with Kate tomorrow, 12-13 mi or so, thus I swapped today's and tomorrow's distances.
• Sun Jan 10
Kate and I did our own half-marathon along the C&O.