February: Love to run

[yellow]

Oak, any win is a good win

I had a character-building run today. I ran on a snow covered dirt road, which had several inches of soft and unconsolidated new snow, and it was windy, with gusts probably around 20-25 mph, and it snowed pretty hard the whole time. It was a thirds progression run that was supposed to be 75 to 90 minutes and while I really needed the 90-minute mileage, I opted for 75 minutes. I felt great on last third (the fastest), which surprised me. It was definitely more of a thirds progression of effort rather than pace; the middle portion was the toughest surface-wise, and it slowed me down quite a bit. I survived and wasn't horribly cold when I finished. I love my Gore running wear jacket.

I am a bit short on mileage this week (one of my skate skis turned into a classic ski, which means that I didn't ski as far as my target for the week), so I might do a short run tomorrow. Or not. Depends on how much stuff is coming out of the sky.

[Catrin]

Oak, it sounds good....and HARD in that weather! Yellow, that sounds really hard as well, but fun Hopefully it won't be too long before I can reasonably expect to get out and run for longer than 30-45 minutes. From where I am what both of you described just sounds awesome - you ladies are doing GREAT!

[OakLeaf]

It was actually really nice weather for running ... PROVIDED you're dressed for running. The event was a "Run with the Ranger" to jointly benefit the National Park and the PTA. The ranger had to run it in her uniform, long chino pants and all, and did NOT look happy about it! At least they let her wear running shoes ...

[rocknrollgirl]

We got in just under an hour yesterday. It was cold and snowy, but the snow was very soft and not yet trampled and slick. I am finally starting to get my snap back. It was nice to be out and not feel like I was dragging myself to get through it.

[skhill]

I've run 2 days in a row! 1.5 miles yesterday (doing strength training first was really dumb) and 3 miles today. It's a start. And the snow and ice ought to be melting over the next week, so I'll be back outside before long1

[limewave]

I'm starting to get my running legs back as well. Driving the kids home last night I kept day-dreaming about a nice "long run." That hasn't happened in a long time! I was supposed to run 6 this morning but it was so bitter, low single digits. I flipped my training runs, did 3 this morning and will do the 6 tomorrow. The kicker is that when I checked the weather this afternoon--it's supposed to be even colder tomorrow morning. Ugh.

[katluvr]

Good job running in all that snow and cold temps! I had a good 7 mile run this AM. Weather was quite good for today. Cool but still shorts and short sleeve running temp, very foggy so no sun and a bit humid, but overall good for a run! I have a 15K next weekend...not prepared as usual!

K