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Did 2 mi after I got home from work last night. I made myself change clothes and shoes and get out the door. I just wasn't in the mood and followed the 5minute rule (if it doesn't feel better after 5 minutes, you have permission to quit). As always, I felt better and got it done.
I'm having to slip out of work a few minutes early, rush home, change clothes and get going without a minute to spare to get my short run in by dark. I'm still dodging cars at dusk. It sure beats the treadmill though.
Can't wait for spring.
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I blew off yesterday's proposed 3 and decided to bike or run to the bus 5.6 miles away this morning to make up for it. Flipped a coin and it was a run. I keep clothes and shower stuff at work but I figured I would be sweaty for the hour long bus ride and unfortunately I was - and stinky, too! I apologized to everyone within stink reach.
It was a great run though - really pretty headlamp-to-dawn hilly run passing the high school kids waiting for their bus, ducks on the marsh (hello my fair feathered friends!) and i saw an owl rise up from a tree branch and take off across the road. Too cool. ;) Everything flowed nicely today.
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Ran last night (was out of town in the morning and didn't get to the gym or outside) - was supposed to be hill repeats but I have trouble doing them on the treadmill, so instead I did 10 1 minute repeats with 1 minute off inbetween. I was at ~6mph during the "off" minute and ~7mph during the "on" minute. Slower than my usual interval pace, but by HR was pretty close. It felt pretty good. The 10th interval didn't make me cry like it does doing hill repeats, though, so I probably should have squeezed out a few more. ;)
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I am running vicariously through you guys...
I did one day on the tm, despite the fact I know it angers my body. I upped the level, did 30 minutes of intervals, mostly walking at 4 mph and intervals of running at 6.0, with some slower walking for recovery. The running and walking all are at inclines of 1-3%; I find that when I'm running on an incline, I feel like I'm going fly off the back! Since most of the outside running I've done is on hills, this is weird. I think I must slow down a huge amount when doing "climbing" runs outdoors.
Woke up yesterday with a slight feeling of shin splints in my left leg :eek:. I have not felt that since my days of teaching aerobics on concrete floors, in the 80's. I iced it and it went away. Going to try to get back on a regular run schedule of 2x a week. Nothing like running (even 30 minutes) to keep the weight down.
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35 minutes on the local trails today. Nice packed snow surface for most of the way, although some spots were a bit softer and made for tougher footing/more work. No icy/slippery spots though, which was good since I did not have my Stabilicers on. I saw a few people out on snowshoes--WHY? There is absolutely no need for snowshoes in the conditions on those trails right now--just wear regular shoes/boots. Of course, those people probably saw me run by and thought I was a little crazy...
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10.1k, 5:27/km pace. AHR 163,
0 degrees C. Still no snow. Dry roads.
Sweet, but I do tire of persistent cloud cover.
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I did very little running while on vacation. We were at FT. Wilderness at WDW. I would have thought that they would have a nice running path, but there was almost nothing! It was nearly impossible to piece together a decent 3-6 miles. I found myself running lots of laps around the campground, very boring.
The last few days, we were notified that there was a Black Bear seen several times on the campground. I was too wimpy to run by myself. The only time I had was early AM or late night, I didn't feel safe.
Back to the grind tomorrow. Reading about everyone's running success and challenges over the last two weeks has been really motivating.
Just picked up ChiRunning, can't wait to start testing the principles.
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8 miles today, looks like it was about a 10-minute pace including about 2 miles of warmup or cooldown. I haven't ran 8 miles since running the marathon, everything to date has been more like 4-5. It felt disturbingly good. Glad I ran those marathon miles hard.
I took my dog down to the river at the halfway point so she could cool off a bit near the water. It must have been seriously cold - she'd get in, get out, get in, get out. Hurts so good, I guess. It was 40 degrees and sunny, and she doesn't really take well to warmer sunny days - I could tell her pant was a little too hard, so I opted to take a rest. The return trip was much better for it.
Amazingly, cars stopped for us to cross the street. Multiple times. Usually I have to be somewhat aggressive and start walking, make eye contact, but this time they just clearly waited, giving us plenty of space. Thank you, drivers. I promise to return the favor when you are pedestrians crossing in our crosswalks, too.
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Ran 3.5 mi yesterday then swam 400m. It got up to 55 degrees here yesterday and it felt great........We are supposed to get more snow tomorrow though :(
