fail x2

1) I need to learn to count. A conversation about the timing of the Shamrock Shuffle, which Greg reminded me to register for and Dan and Ben are also running, made me realize that my counting for marathon training was a week off- that I should be on week 2, not week 1. I'm an idiot. So much for week 1.

2) Pace runs don't work when it's just snowed, no matter how slow the pace is. I fell behind while battling the alternating unshoveled/sandbox-like sidewalks and the shoveled/skating-rink-like sidewalks. I rerouted to run bike lanes instead and tried to catch up. I pounded through the last mile or so of the 5 and put a small gap in front of my virtual training partner gizmo guy, and then slipped, fell, and ended up just seconds off, losing to my damn schmancy watch guy. If the point of the run, though, is to train yourself to run at pace, that was a complete and utter failure.