I had a great 7 mile run today.  This is the best Christmas present you can give you self is going out for a run.  I ran from my house to Grays Lake.  Grays Lake is a popular lake in the Des Moines, IA are with a 2 mile black top track surrounding the lake.  There is a nice city view in the back ground.  Next time I'm there I will take a picture to post on this site.  I had perfect weather today.  It was 45 degrees, sunny, and we don't have snow.  This is pretty strange weather for Iowa in late December.  Overall I ran 20 miles this week.  I did two tempos, an easy 30 minute run and today's long run.  I get to step up my base training a little more this up coming week.  I'm looking forward to posting next weeks training.