zippidy doo da - Running Nov. 26-Dec.2

[yellow]

Grog, I'm going to take your energy with me to the 50k. I need it!

Off to the airport in about a half hour. Hacking, coughing, and feeling generally miserable. But I'm going to do my best to pretend that I feel normal. Hoping for a good night's sleep tonight.

Have a great weekend, ladies!

[rocknrollgirl]

Good Luck Yellow.....Feel better.

[froglegs]

Well I spent the whole week limping, sniffling, and hacking, and finally yesterday, laying on the couch, so today I felt OK enough to shuffle my way through 2.5 miles. My leg is still a little sore and I'm still sick, but I was happy to get out there after 4 days off.

[teigyr]

I haven't run for a while because I got that cold. It stagnated for about a week...I just felt run down and like I had the beginnings of a sinus infection. When the cold decided to present itself in all its glory, wow. It was/is bad. I've had it two weeks +/- and I'm still coughing. Decorum prevents me from describing what's coming out of my nose and lungs

Anyway, I ran today. I ran 2.5 miles and did some intervals while I was in the middle of it. I coughed a bit and when I got home I was doubled up coughing. I honestly felt like I'd be sick!

I signed up for a 5k next weekend which is more social than anything. I feel for those doing more distance though. I am trying to train for the half marathon but that is 6 mos away. I figure it's best to get better and even little things tire me out right now.

The rude thing is DH (who is healthy but doesn't exercise, doesn't diet, drinks beer all the time) got the cold and sluffed it off in a matter of hours. Life simply isn't fair sometimes!!!

[Grog]

Sweet morning. It started snowing about when I woke up this morning at 8, not a lot but just enough to cover the ground with the cute white powder. I headed out to the trails because the chilly wind made the roads a bit uncomfortable.

For me it's significantly harder to run when the temperatures are below zero and the ground is just a bit slippery. It feels like, at every step, my feet is slipping just a little bit before lifting off the ground, which makes me expand a bit more energy with every step, especially uphill. Yet, it's really refreshing. Plus, the trails were a lot let busy than usual: on the weekends it can be a real highway of runners and dog walkers out there.

Tomorrow morning I'll go for a small loop in the same area, and I will be breaking the 800 km mark, running, for this year. That should be fun!

[alpinerabbit]

Another 8.5K loop with some 4 fast bits interspersed- I feel much weaker than I did earlier.

Could be the cold, the insoles, or the not training for a week and a half. Although I did swim 3x.

[ummbnb]

Great to see so many runners here! I'm sitting here on the couch trying to decide if I should ride or run today. I've taken the week off to try and work through a nasty cold and I can't take it anymore....must exercise!

I generally run 4 miles a day 4-5 days a week and bike on the weekends when I have the time to get in a good long ride.

[kelownagirl]

I did another 3km walk/run last night and I'm heading out again this morning. It's -12 C, brrrr....

[froglegs]

7 miles this morning. Overall it was a really good run, except my new shoelaces were too tight and now my feet are killing me.

[alpinerabbit]

An attempt at 10K cut short yesterday. Legs like lead, and we both bonked.

I felt really, really bad.

Walked home for 5K. I assume it was a combo of unwise breakfast choice, I think that cold really zapped me and the inlays are making me use new muscles. At least the shin splints are keeping quiet.

[Grog]

Sorry Alpinerabbit that you felt so bad. It is indeed harder to run in the cold. It feels like it takes me longer to warm up, too... Don't beat yourself down too much.

Had a 8.5 km with my running partner this morning, in quite a bit of snow, so it was our slowest run this year. Fun nonetheless. [DIGRESSION] Then (after showering) I walked back the same trails with my sweet (life) partner (different from the running partner!) to go for breakfast at the golf club where we had our wedding reception. (Which is by the running trails.) For those who don't remember/were not around, our wedding involved cycling to the reception (on awesome cruisers) and out at the end (on our road bikes with jerseys with Team Our-Names on it...). As we left the golf club after breakfast, the woman who works at the reception was looking at us quite intensely, and then said that our wedding was the best and most fun she had seen all summer. An "awwwwwwwwwh" moment for us, that was really nice of her. We walked back out in the snow pretty happy with ourselves. [/DIGRESSION]

Looking forward to another week of running!

[kaybee]

Did a local 5K race Friday night and got third place in my age group! I wasn't expecting that at all, but since this is a small town, we can assume there were probably only three people in my age group to begin with!

KB

[Grog]

Did a local 5K race Friday night and got third place in my age group! I wasn't expecting that at all, but since this is a small town, we can assume there were probably only three people in my age group to begin with!

Wow a 5K race on a Friday night. Cool idea!

[kaybee]

Actually, it is a fun little race. It's called the Silver Bell Sprint, and everyone gets jingle bells for their shoes, there's a separate race for the kids, and it's run downtown, where all the Christmas lights and decorations are up. Sort of gets everyone in the Christmas mood.

KB

[ummbnb]

Tried to get out tonight for my usual 4 mile route and barely made it. Probably got in 2 - 2.5m of actual running and the rest was spent coughing like a mad woman and walking at the quickest pace I could muster between coughing fits.

I HATE colds!!!