Feeling much better this week. My legs don't feel tired and the injuries that my insoles were causing seem to have healed. This was the first week of my 11 week training for the Pasadena Half-Marathon. Mostly easy runs, which I complained about before but I guess the are alright. My tempo run this week was very nice. I actually ran too fast, but it felt pretty good (started to tire the last .25-.5 miles).

Had a good run with the marathon team again. About twice as many people showed up this week compared to last which is awesome.

Also had some pretty good weight sessions this week. My stomach work is getting better every week, and I found a new exercise that targets the obliques very nicely.

I think I am going to cut some more calories from my diet. The only place I can really see this happening is my post-dinner snack. I have been eating dinner pretty late, and I go to sleep so early that it doesn't make sense to have another meal 1-1.5 hrs after dinner. I am a little hesitant though because since I have stopped eating cookies my post-dinner snack is primarly fruit, which I don't really want to cut. Also, I am going to try to add some more healthy fats (almonds, p. butter, omega-3,6's). Probably a post-breakfast snack on running days.

Last weeks training:

• Wednesday - 4.73 Mile Easy Run - 37:50 min, 8:00 pace

• Thursday - 5.16 Mile Tempo Run - 36:04 min, 6:59 pace -Tempo: 3 miles at 7:07 (so I was a little quick)

• Friday - 4:03 Mile Easy Run - 32:26 min, 8:03 pace

• Saturday - 4.19 Mile Easy Run - 32:53 min, 7:51 pace

• Sunday -Split Run - 4.88 Mile Long Run - 37:22 min, 7:39 pace

                                      - 3.97 Mile Long Run - 30:54 min, 7:47 pace (supposed to be 9 mile total)