Ethan Cannon

6:58 pace, rec center to west river road. It was warm and sunny today and was quiet in the late morning. I also felt a little better, so all in all it was a very enjoyable run. 

6:41 pace on a crisp morning where the air felt fresh and clean. The pace looks fast for Como classic, but I ran further than I normally do and did it very quickly, so I beleive it. Didn't mean to go fast. 

6:05 pace, Resevoir woods to chain of lakes. Got kind of cold with the wind on the way out. Averaged 5:58s on the way back, which actually isn't too impressive considering that I did about 12 minutes of hard. I was trying to do 3 on, 1:30 off, but that was modified somewhat due to stoplights. I think this route tends to run slow, so I guess it's ok. Congrats to Conner Mantz and Clayton Young, olympians!!!!

6:51 pace, east river flats. 

6:48 pace, east river road from rec center. Did two strides near the end. 

Decided to do a workout today because why not? It's not every year you can do a track workout in early February. Within the past couple days, I have signed up for Get in Gear as well as Grandma's Half. Did 1.5 miles on the greenway and near the stadium in 7:44. Then after 7 minutes of break, I did 4 by 800 with 90 seconds rest in 2:23, 2:23, 2:24, 2:22. Original goals were 5 minute pace tempo and 2:25 800s. So I did ok at meeting my very meager goal? Haha. Gotta start somewhere- you have to work for your speed! Feels good to do something hard. Pretty windy this morning. 

6:57 pace, west river road from rec center. 

6:45 pace, Como classic. Wind blowing due east made it cold on the way back, but I was surprised it didn't slow me down- I still came back faster. 

A cold and windy day on the gateway trail (to Stillwater) but it was a day on the gateway trail nonetheless, so that's something to be grateful for. Averaged 5:57 overall, including 5:51 on the way back, which included a 5:09 last measured mile even though I felt crummy by that point. After last season I made a goal to do stuff like that more often; in essense, to push hard when my glycogen reserves are low to simulate a race (mosty physically but also psychologically). 

I felt kind of tired during it but I was cooking 6:50 pace on east river flats. 

6:43 pace, rec center to east river road. 2 strides at end.

Somehow, I actually ran 6:39 pace to Boom island this morning despite a terrible sleep last night because of upset kids. The only casualty was a tight hip; my achilles tendons which were sensitive yesterday didn't even hurt, nor did I feel fatigued. It was a really nice morning. I had hoped to work out but between my achilles and then how I felt this morning it was a non starter. 

Treadmill at rec center. It was warm but I appreciated a fan and some lanscape videos. I even changed the slope of the treadmill (which can go not only up but down) to match the video terrain for a while to shake things up. Did one mile at 5:00, the rest were around 6:40 average. 

7:02 pace, down to river flats then to west river road. Surfaces were surprisingly clean of snow, though Talmage ave was as bad as expected. Cold but sunny.

6:10 pace, west river road. 6:03 pace on the way back, including a 4 by 3 min on, 1 minute off that went well but I'm not bothering to try to calculate the pace for. 

6:45 pace, Como classic winter route. Was like 20 degrees and cloudy at the start but I never felt cold. 

6:45 pace, rec center to east river road. Nice cloudless day. Three strides at the end. 

8 by 1/2 mile on north campus with 90 seconds rest. As opposed to my 1K routes, I liked this one because I could go straight and never have to turn. One way has the slight incline which probably does more mentally than physically. It wasn't easy but had the weird experience on rep 6 of feeling like it got easier, as if I were finally getting loose. Let's hope that's the case because I wasn't going very fast for the effort! 2:31, 2:28, 2:29, 2:26, 2:30, 2:26, 2:29, 2:24. 

6:46 pace, rec center to west river road. I did my exercises on the grass afterwards which was pretty great. 

6:52 pace, Como classic, despite slowing down for some ice on the path.

Como park route then bent north to McCarrons lake and Villa park. 5:52 pace overall. 5:45 pace on way back, including 1.05 miles (slightly downhill, from Snelling to past CTC) @ 5:00 pace. And that was hard. Yikes. I am worried about my fitness I have to say.

6:43 pace. Boom island instead of east river flats because I bumped into a friend. For all of my concerns, my easy runs have been pretty fast recently.

6:43 pace, rec center to east river road. Strides on the way back, but by then it was getting very windy and I had a hard time getting up to speed. 

Treadmill run. It was like 4 degrees, windy, and sunny. I feel like a year ago I would've gone outside, but I am a bit more of a wimp this year since I haven't had to run indoors much. One positive thing about running inside is that it allowed me to do a mini workout. I ran 1.5 miles @ 5 minute pace (the max this treadmill allows). I have previously hypothesized that at fast speeds, the treadmill becomes more innacurate. Maybe that is not true and I am just getting more fit. But you definitely can't gauge fitness off of a treadmill. I am reminded of running (apparently) 4:50 per mile on my aunt's treadmill in Portland and feeling great. 

Rec center to west river. It was gradually warming up but there was a cold wind that I felt the whole time. Technically right on 7:00 pace, but I did lots of off-roading- not quite everything available on Winchell, but just about. Felt tired today.