Will the groundhog see his shadow? Running in early Feb.

[HillSlugger]

No races for me today. Congrats to all who raced.

Last night I decided that I'd do today's running at the gym b/c I was afraid there'd be ice. With the temp at 36F I decided to run outside. I'm still having to run the same 1 mile cleared path, but it's still more enjoyable than the treadmill.

[limewave]

7.5 miles snow shoe running. The trail was mostly broken in by some local hard-core snow-shoers. But it was still difficult, slippery, and drifted over in sections. I kept hitting my right ankle with my left snow shoe. It's all swollen and blueish purple today HOWEVER, it was still way better than running on the road.

6 hilly mile on tap for today. Blech.

[skhill]

Indigoiis, GLC, great prs!

And in almost every race, I too have that moment when I'm wondering why in the world I'm doing this, and wouldn't it be nice to just walk. But I keep on going...

Sunday's long run ended up being (only) 13 miles, and the last 2 were tough, with both hamstrings tightening up. Started out too fast, and I need to get better at eating and drinking before and during these long runs. But it's pretty awesome that a 10 mile run is no big deal, and 5 miles is a typical short/easy run. Maybe this marathon thing is doable...

[indigoiis]

Lime, I can't even WALK in snowshoes.

Skhill - I know what ya mean... I used to get home from my long runs (usually on Sundays) and collapse with the gatorade on the couch. Now I have more energy to do other stuff. Come to think of it, it goes that way with riding, too. When I first started riding again, long rides (which are now short rides to me) made me all nap-worthy and couch potatoish and now, they are just something we do on the weekend.

But a marathon... not sure on that one yet.

[limewave]

6 relatively easy miles last night. Easy because of the great company. It's so nice to have a good running partner!

Just finished my online registration for Chicago Marathon. I cannot believe I signed up for that circus again.