An off week and a fast run

Too much to do, and too little time to run!

Back in the swing of things, sort of though.

Here's what I've managed to do in the last week:

Wednesday (1/23/13) - Some tempo running - 1 mile easy, 2 miles faster (aiming for around 8:10 per mile), 1 mile easy, 2 miles faster, 1 mile easy. Slowed down a lot on the uphill miles - details and splits.

Thursday (1/24/13) - Swim - 25 minutes without stopping = 36 lengths = 900 yards.

Friday (1/25/13) - Torah Yoga - I highly recommend it!

Yesterday (1/27/13) - ran 8 miles, and faster! I managed to average 8:14/mile, including 30 seconds of walking at the end of every mile, and only dropped below that average for the big uphill during the seventh mile. Making progress! Here are the details and splits.

Yesterday - a run and a swim

Managed to do pretty well on a new tempo run format:
1 mile easy
2 miles at mid-tempo - aiming for 8:10/mile or faster
1 mile easy
2 miles at mid-tempo - aiming for 8:10/mile or faster
1 mile easy
I did better than my goal, even on the second set of miles, which are uphill. And still walking 30 seconds every mile.
Still having tech issues with mapmyfitness - after years of it working perfectly, the software is not keeping up with the run after about 6 miles. Ginny said it spoke to how fast I was running :-) - I pointed out that this was also cycling software, so I wasn't running that fast.
Here are the details on the run.
Then, later in the day, got a good swim in while Jude had his lesson.