Making the playoffs

I feel like the Leafs (and Habs, Canes, Iles, Rangers...). There is a pretty good chance I'm going to make the playoffs, but I'm not really doing anything dramatic to ensure that fact.

This week was a solid week, though, with a return to good workouts and good weather. In accordance with the plan, I decided not to worry about cranking out too much mileage, and just focus on one workout and one long run. The workout went really well. I went up to Summit on Thursday with Christina, and I ran four laps at a tempo pace, while she ran 3 laps easy. Neither of us were in much of a mood to run on the way out, but I felt much better after the workout. I think she was just happy to get it in. Anyway, I managed to average 8:35 for the loops, which is around 5:50/mile or 3:37/k, so now we are talking a bit. It felt harder than marathon pace (which is unfortunate when running at about that pace last fall felt much easier), but my legs were all there for the first time in weeks, and it was only my gut that was burning.

The other days I put in easy hours all around. I was going to do the long run today (2h45 easy), but with 30cm of snow, I figured I'd be better to wait until tomorrow, or even Monday for what would be my longest run ever, time-wise. Next week I will do the progression run workout, and a long run a bit faster (2h20 at 6:40/mile). So today will be a day off. I haven't had one in two weeks, so I hope to feel very rested tomorrow. This week was pretty tiring outside of running, as I had a guest and we were often up late, after which I would get up early anyway. I also pretty much flung myself from the healthy nutrition train, but I seem to be doing ok, so I'll just catch the next one, and keep on going. It's funny because I worry about that stuff (sleeping, eating well) when I've got nothing else to think about, but if I am really busy, it almost ceases to matter. Granted, I ran far less this week than I have in a while, so maybe that helps. The 80-100mile plateau is a more precarious perch.

So, no St. Patrick's Day festivities for me. Just going to play it low key and watch the Leafs beat the Habs, and hopefully edge closer to that playoff spot.