Leaping through Feb - 29 days of Running!

[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!

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[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.

[Selkie]

skhill, that's looking on the bright side of things. I wonder if a pair of Brooks Ghost shoes (the ones w/the goretex) would have helped keep your feet dry?

Today, I repeated my Monday run and felt much more energetic. I didn't swim as long/far today and didn't run yesterday. While it was cloudy, it felt warmer (high 30s) with a nice, crisp east wind.

We're supposed to get sloppy rain/snow mix later today.

For my 49th, my husband got me an iPod Nano (yes, I said I'd never own one but now that I do, I'm glad I "compromised" my Luddite standards! --- right now, I'm downloading some of my CDs!!). It has a workout feature that I'm looking forward to trying. Also got a nice Patagonia gift card :-)

[emily_in_nc]

Woke up to overcast skies today, thank the gods, and a temp of *only* 74.5, so decided to go for my longest beach run of 2012 today -- 4.6 miles. I had managed this distance once in December before I caught the cold and cough from hell, and have just now finally worked back up to it. On sunny, hot mornings, I will probably still cut back to 3-4 miles, but whenever we do get the rare overcast and slightly cooler morning, it's good to take advantage!

It wasn't pretty (i.e., I was slow and had to blow my runny nose a lot -- not from a cold, just exercise-induced rhinitis), but I did it!