Motivation gets you started, habit keeps u going

Goal:3 miles and keep a sub 10 pace-do some 9 min pace times

45 Degrees--cloudy

8:00am average pace 9:47

I almost didn't make it out this morning. why? Well I started to run and every time my left foot struck i had this twinge of pain right above my knee! I'm like what is that? So I hobbled home..ate some breakfast and tried again--no pain this time. What a weird thing!

It rained all night so of course today while running I had to dodge puddles. I was going to do my normal 3 miler but then i realized I could go where ever and not worry about having to map my squiggley run on mapmyrun . yeah Nike!

Any who-I was able to make a turn away from the wind which made this run a lot more pleasant. I got my shoes wet for the first time--guess I can't return them now! LOL

I did try to keep my pace at 9ish...sometimes it was at 8:30 for an entire minute...that kind of wore me out. I know 10 is my comfortable pace but i'm trying to make 9 my comfy pace. Looks like I could get to 8:30 over time. That is encouraging. Seems like fastrunningblog is already helping!

7:20am goal-to run 4 miles

10 degrees with wind chill-20 with out it (I cannot believe I still have to notice the wind chill)

My first mistake is not waking up earlier. I woke up at 7 and was out the door by 7:20....my legs do not seem to like that much. I had shin pain the entire 2 miles...yes I decided to go home. I had to keep walking and I have to be somewhere today. So my deal with myself is depending on when I get home I will try again for 2-3 miles and OR i will just run tomorrow 3 miles.

I know it is horrible to split such short runs but I hate shin pain.I tried lengthening my stride but that didnt work...could it be that I just need to walk up a little earlier in order for my legs to wake up? Or am I doing something wrong?

But good news is that I took the husky with and she really enjoyed the run (it started to snow)

And I had a piece of toast with peanut butter and no cramps...yippee! I have been trying to play around with eating/what to eat/or not eating at all before a run.

21:20 was my time...at times I was running 9:30 mile but averaged at a 10:20 due to walking and trying to stretch it out.

Goal: To run the 3 miles as I promised myself yesterday

Shin pain for first 1.5 miles...I sped it up and guess what? It went away...I only thought of this b/c some one in my run group had mentioned having to run with slower runners and got shin pain...maybe there is something to it.

Ran in 30:50 average pace was 10:11 but I had some times where I was flying at sub 9 minute mile...

And I would just like to brag that it is 38 and sunny! yippee!

LRS Group run Goal 8 miles Got in 8.72 at a average pace of 10...which is amazing since I sucked the entire time. done in 1:27 Shins hurt for the first 1/2 once that stopped then I got stomach cramps, then those let up and I got knee pain...WHAT IS UP?? I started in the 10 min pacers who really run 9:30 which drives me insane b/c I like to start out slow...I ended with the 11 pacers who really were going 10:30.....and lots of hills any advice on my shin pain would be appreciated. I do some tiptoe walking prerun... and I ate PB and J an hour before the run. I thought maybe I was getting cramps due to the milk in my cereal...not soo...doesn't seem to matter what I eat or how soon I eat...I get a cramp...grrr  and to get rid of them I either have to start walking or sometimes blowing out really hard helps...or pushing in on my stomach...