Running in December - 12/01 to 12/15

[OakLeaf]

skhill, 6°F - yesterday after a 45 minute run at 23°F, when the feeling came back to my big toes in the shower, they really hurt.

Today was another day of errands - I brought my running gear but REALLY had to wrestle with myself. I actually got to the place where I was planning to run and almost drove away. Starting out cold - changing into cold clothes in the car - I do NOT like cold (but fortunately I'm not shy about changing in the car ). This time I found a golf course and ripped off a quick 3.5. I think there's a real park next door and I just went in the wrong entrance - but it's not like anyone was golfing today. Anyway, the golf cart path was snow-free and the sun was actually shining! So even if there was a wooded path nearby, the golf course was probably better on a cold day.

[7rider]

Today I did 4.1 in 20 degree (-6.6 C) weather....but at least this time it wasn't windy!

I wore my Buff around my neck, so I could pull it up over my mouth. But occasionally, when I do that, I feel like I'm suffocating, so I need to pull it down and really gulp in some air. (I do that when on the bike, too.) Each time I did, the water vapor I exhaled made the Buff wetter and wetter, so that by the end of my run, when I'd pull the Buff back UP over my mouth, it was like pulling a rigid piece of cardboard up over my face - the Buff was frozen stiff!

[Crankin]

OK, I'm trying build up to running like I did 2 years ago. I think I am not quite back to square one, but I am trying to avoid injuries. After doing my first winter training workout on the trainer yesterday, in the late PM, I got up at 5:30 and did just a 20 minute run, followed by the Shiva Rea upper body/core dvd. This time, I did all running, with 2 one minute walk breaks, but I kept it really slow, between 5.2 and 5.6 mph. Since I didn't feel like i was going to die, I think this is the trick and I am hoping to run outside at least one day this weekend.
The upper body/core work, well that's another story. I am so weak, it's not funny. I am hoping after a few weeks of even my girlie push ups doing 8 sets of 12 of them will do something!

[Jolt]

About a 35-minute run in the neighborhood today in 25-degree temps. I really didn't feel like going out and had to force myself out the door, but the run felt really good. It's amazing how enjoyable it is to run when it's cold out once you get going.

[limewave]

Thanks for the condolences. Grams was the best Grandma anyone could ever hope for. She was 96 years old: lived through the Flu Epidemic of 1918, The Great Depression, and WWII and saw so much more. She had a full life.

Anyways, ran 7 miles today. I shouldn't have, my to-do list is monumental. But I felt the call to spend some time in solace along Lake Michigan. It was a great run. Biting wind, snow flurries, and the yellow wisps of dune grass peaking out of the mounds of snow.

[bluebug32]

Thanks for the condolences. Grams was the best Grandma anyone could ever hope for. She was 96 years old: lived through the Flu Epidemic of 1918, The Great Depression, and WWII and saw so much more. She had a full life.

Anyways, ran 7 miles today. I shouldn't have, my to-do list is monumental. But I felt the call to spend some time in solace along Lake Michigan. It was a great run. Biting wind, snow flurries, and the yellow wisps of dune grass peaking out of the mounds of snow.

Good for you for exercising instead of hitting up the junk food. Sorry to hear about your loss. However, it sounds like you inherited some good, sturdy genes.

[Susan]

Had 2 quite bad 5Ks Thursday and today. I don't know if it is the cold temperature or something else, but I have a hard time running atm.