Leaping through Feb - 29 days of Running!

[Selkie]

You have incredible mental strength to log all that time on the dreadmill, 7.

After a longer-than-usual morning swim, I ran 5 miles. It was cold (high 20s) but sunny. Since I did not go into work today, I ran the super-rolling hill course that starts from our house. I was feeling tired but not hurting. One of those runs where you know you are doing good, building endurance.

Treated myself to a huge bowl of cereal, greek yogurt, and a nap with one of my golden retrievers. A little bit of heaven, a day worth savoring. The afternoon ended up being gloriously sunny and springlike (mid-50s). :-)

[skhill]

Don't know what happened on this morning's run, but I did 6.2 miles at a 8:45 pace. That's faster than all but one 10k I've raced. It didn't feel all that fast; faster than a usual easy run, but it's not like I was intentionally doing a tempo run or anything. I did that yesterday, and had a horrible time keeping up the speed. Go figure.

[Wahine]

Try as I might to squeeze some running into my schedule lately, it's been tough. At the beginning of the month, I convinced myself that surely, I should be able to get in 30 min 5 days per week. So yesterday, in an effort to stick with the plan, squeeze a workout in around my currently crazy work schedule and get an errand done at the same time, I ran a bill over to the water company. In my head I created a nice loop of about 3 miles. With 50 min left in my lunch hour that would give me plenty of time to do the run and eat without being rushed.

It wasn't until it was too late that I realized my run was going to be much longer than I had anticipated. It turned out to be about 5.5 miles. I had to run really hard for the last 2 miles to get back to the office on time for my afternoon appointments. I haven't run that far for a while. I haven't run that fast for more than 2 min in AGES.

Amazingly, I can still walk this morning.

[limewave]

A 6 mile trail run for me today. So weird to be running on the trails. Just a few spots had packed snow/ice.

[OakLeaf]

Mile repeats x 4 today. They're getting easier.

I'm either going to have to add another one or shorten up the recovery interval (from a half mile which usually takes me around 7 minutes at an initial walk to let my heart rate drop quickly, then a very very slow jog - maybe make it a fixed 6 minutes to start with). Probably the latter will accomplish more - what do you all think?

[katluvr]

So yesterday I was off and after dropping the fur-kids off at vet I went out for about 5 miles. It was cloudy, humid (not as bad as summer) and about 70. Drizzle did not begin til I was almost home. Overall felt good, not at fast as I would like for that distance. But at least I ran.

Later in the day I mapped out a biking/running TP to meet my 2 up coming goals.

This AM I was supposed to get on TM. I just can't seem to get out of bed earlier than needed to go to work. If I do get up I need time to be more awake and energize to feel like running. This is NOT going to work. I need to re-program myself to get up earlier and to jump in gear and run. Not sure what is wrong with me!

K

[skhill]

Woke up this morning to find .5 inch of snow on the ground, and more falling. Beautiful. I was looking forward to finally running in the snow. But it's been so warm that it was melting as soon as it hit pavement, and there were puddles everywhere. In less than a half mile, my shoes and socks were soaked. Ended up doing just a quick mile, then going home, putting on another layer and dry socks and boots, and taking my dog for a longer walk that she normally gets in the morning. It's all good.