Highlight of the Week: Getting a longer run in / getting a bit of exercise in while traveling!
Monday | January 14, 2019: 18 m ride + 4 m run + one-on-one session + teaching strength class
Indoor ride time: 1:08:29, Pace: 15.8 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great, no sore butt, yay!
Run location: hood, Temp: 27°/27°, Time: 42:29, Pace: 10:37 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Strength: body bars, Felt: good
Tuesday | January 15, 2019: 7 m run
Run location: VP Woods loop, Temp: 27°/28°, Time: 1:19:24, Pace: 11:20 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: crummy at first then better
Wednesday | January 16, 2019: 10 m run
Run location: Kilbourne/DPRT Loop, Temp: 30°/30°, Time: 1:53:00, Pace: 11:18 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: great!
Thursday | January 17, 2019: 14 m run + strength (whole body) + 10 m ride
Run location: Outlet Mall/Pine Dunes, Temp: 31°/32°, Time: 2:46:56, Pace: 11:55 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Indoor ride time: 42:23, Pace: 14.2 mph, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Friday | January 18, 2019: rest (travel)
Saturday | January 19, 2019: 3 m run
Run location: Platte Brooke Trail, Temp: 21°/20°, Time: 34:38, Pace: 11:32 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Sunday | January 20, 2019: 2 m run
Run location: Platte Brooke Trail, Temp: 12°/12, Time: 22:27, Pace: 11:12 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Notes:
- Ugh, I was waffling about whether to run Tuesday or bike and walk instead. I decided to run since I had the time (and might not on the weekend) and felt blah at first. I think I need to run in shorts and a tank for a change of “scenery.” Which feels weird saying, since our winter had been super mild until then.
- I had a nice chat with a neighbor I hadn’t met yet on Wednesday at the beginning of my run. Yay for meeting people randomly in the middle of the day because I’m furloughed.
- I did a lot of running on snow this week, which slows me down, but mostly feels good on my feet. Saturday and Sunday’s runs were on snow with a layer of ice underneath, which got interesting at times.
- I crammed all my workouts in to the beginning of the week because we traveled this weekend (and I have less time to myself to workout) and also, because it was going to be so cold and snowy where I was traveling, anyway. It’s also cold and snowy at home (I heard we got 8 inches of snow).
- I didn’t fit any speedwork in this week. Ugh!
- I think I need to start bringing my back pack on runs. There are not enough water spots open in the winter to run with a bottle! My father-in-law just got me a new hydration pack I am excited to use.
- In case it’s not obvious, I am trying to build my endurance back up! I was regularly running 40+ miles a week until mid summer then cut back. I miss that. I miss being lighter and running faster and am excited to get to that point again. (But of course, I am happy to be running at all!)
When you run with snow on the ground, do you wear wool socks? Do your toes freeze? My running shoes let in plenty of air, which is great when it’s hot but dang cold when the temps drop.
I do wear wool! They don’t freeze. My toes are never cold, even with the mesh uppers. Those socks must work! Even when I step in a puddle, they dry out. On really cold days (under 0) I’ve put plastic baggies around my socks, but I haven’t run that cold in a while!