I feel the need for speed!

Yesterday I did some speed work on the treadmill. Total time was 35 minutes with 10 minutes of warm-up 11:32 pace, one mile at 10:30 pace, 2 minutes at 9:30 pace with another 5 minutes at 11:32 pace then cool down for 5 minutes. The pace averaged was 10:27 pace. Later that day I went to the park for a 6 mile run. I had a blister on my foot so it was a little painful but I finished in 1h 22m at 13:40 pace. My goal in the coming weeks is to run comfortably at 11:oo pace. My other goal is to get some blister free socks.

A new milestone

Okay, So I was feeling frustrated and had low energy this week. I didn't know what was wrong with me. So I went to the discussion board at runnersworld.com to seek some advice. A few people thought that I was over training, going to the gym twice a day 5 days sometimes 6 days a week was a bit much. So on Thursday I didn't go to the gym. I did think about it but I didn't go, instead I hung out with my kids in the pool. Later that evening my family and I went for a walk and I did run, but only 1.5 miles then I walked another 1.5 with a girlfriend after my family left.
So Friday roles around and I'm thinking about the gym again. Should I go shouldn't I go? I decided not to go and again hung out with my kids in the pool, I played game cube with them and air hockey. It was just what I needed because this morning I ran 14 miles. I ran with a group of people who were going at a pace I couldn't keep up with but I hung in there for about 4 miles then finished my run alone at my pace. I ran a new course and going down hill was a piece of cake, however, what goes down must come up and the steep hill almost killed me. So I walked it after a slow and steady pace but this hill went on forever so I had to walk it. After my 11th mile it started to rain it was just a drizzle and it kept me cool so I was okay. All of a sudden it started to thunder and the rain came pouring down. I still had a little over 2 miles to finish. It rained and rained and it got dark. I kept going. I was soaked but determined to finish my 14 miles. My time isn't very accurate because I bumped into some people I knew and we talked for maybe about 2 minutes, then I bumped into one of the other runners and we talked another minute, then I really had to go to the bathroom, and I walked up that steep hill, all of that in 3 hours and 30 minutes. I think if the course was flat and I didn't stop to talk to people and no bathroom run I could have finished in about 3 h or 3h 15min. I was hurting at the end. I was soaked and my legs felt so heavy. They started to cramp, so I quickly stretched and ate a chocolate bar(snickers). I came home, took a shower and a nap for 2 hours.