Thursday is  a mental challenge now that the plan calls for tempo runs, I made the decision to keep tempo runs on the treadmill for now just because I can control the speed better to see how I am really doing and also because it is just not fun going round and round in the neighborhood although I am okay with it for easy and speed workouts.

Today the plan called for 4 miles at 10k pace after a 1mile warmup at recovery pace, I did some hip stretch to open things up, actually did a modified Drop two Sizes RAMP workout, body felt good only trouble spot is bottom of left foot but been there a while.

Warmup went fine, reset the treadmill and started the tempo run I gave myself permission to move the pace around to get the 4 miles in, instead of running at 10k pace then stopping to regroup. Varying the pace worked out pretty good, went between 6.4 - 7.0 with a 2% grade, finish of with an average pace of 9:10 which was faster than the 3 miles I did last week at 9:15 and I felt much better doing this today.

For the 1 mile cool down, I varied the speed between 4.8 -5.5mph and the incline 2-6%, this was a nice way to finish off the run.

Back to the Tabata for my finisher and today was 4 rounds - jump rope, battle rope, Kettlebell and ugi ball, switch jump rope today to a lighter one my shoulders were killing me. Am really enjoying this.

While running watched the documentary about the Life of Marco Pantani, what an incredible talent and what a waste of a life but sometimes I wonder if the sport is to blame, last week I watched Champs which show cased the life of Holyfield, Tyson and Hopkins , their current situation after being one of the greatest. The sport of running which use to be somewhat clean now seem to be turning up quite a bit of doping elites also. Both are available on Netflix.

Have a terrible cold not even sure if it allergies, mold from all the rain or just summer cold, stuffed up and can't stop sneezing.

Rough couple of days with the allergies, I really do not remember ever feeling this bad from the pollen count, there was so much pollen, you can literally see them blow of the tree when the wind blow and most things outdoor are covered in a thick mass.

I was able to stick with my workout although did back off on the running a bit since I was so congested the long run on Saturday with Shelby was dropped to a 10k since I could feel the congestion in my chest jiggle and my breathing was very labored but did feel so much better after the run.

Sunday, did Pretty Fierce Lean out total body this was a great workout, all her workouts are solid but it will be so nice if this can be redone to include chapters so premixes can be done, quality is not the greatest which doesn't bother me much, but the voice over with the slight delay drives me crazy, also 2 of my DVDs have the wrong workout, what they are doing and what she is saying are different.

For mother's Day off to see my baby sister graduate from college, so proud of her, 6 kids and a full time job and she still got it done, going from being an RN to getting her Bachelors in Nursing.

Monday: Felt tired even thou I got a good night sleep, got in KCM Muscle Up#1 using mainly 15# & 20# dropping to 12# and 8# for shoulder. Got all the treadmill to run but wasn't feeling it so did and incline walk going from 2% @ 4.2mph to 4%@4.4mph for 3.1miles.

After work, put the Schwinn bike on the trainer in the basement, after all that work decided to do Spinerval 101 #1, oh have I missed Coach Troy, there is just something about the way he coaches that just make you push a little bit more.