Highlight of the Week: Seeing the sunrise at the beach / wearing my new fanny pack full of rocks on a run!
Monday | January 18, 2021: 5 m run
Run location: VP Woods, Temp: 29°/30°, Time: 55:32, Pace: 11:06 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Tuesday | January 19, 2021: 3.5 m walk + strength
Wednesday | January 20, 2021: rest
Thursday | January 21, 2021: 4 m run
Run location: Lake Andrea, Temp: 35°/32°, Time: 48:17, Pace: 12:03 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: physically good, mentally annoyed with wind and snow
Friday | January 22, 2021: strength + 2 m (est.) beach walk
Saturday | January 23, 2021: 7 m run
Run location: VP Woods Loop, Temp: 28°/29°, Time: 1:27:44, Pace: 12:32 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: stiff, sluggish
Sunday | January 24, 2021: 4 m run
Run location: Hasting Lake, Temp: 33°/34°, Time: 43:26, Pace: 10:51 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Notes:
- I was really excited about temps in the 30s for my Thursday run but with 17 mph winds and higher gusts it felt like 18°. Wah. But really, it’s been such a mild winter, I should not complain!
- Gah, I felt so stiff and slow on my Saturday run! I thought I’d be full of energy since I waited to run in the afternoon rather than going out first thing but… nope. Let’s blame it on the strength session the day before?
- I’m so glad I ended my running week on a paved trail listening to music. I was in a groove and felt like I was going fast. It felt so much better than the previous day’s run! And I wore the new fanny pack my mom gave me, and had it full of rocks to hide. I could previously only hide 2-3 rocks on a run because I did not have a great way to carry them (and didn’t want them to scratch each other) but now that I have the fanny pack and varnish them, I can run with more!
- I don’t really care much about running right now. Like I want to do it, 4-5 days a week, but I don’t care about mileage (new for me) or pace (not new for me). And I am 100% A-OK with that! It just feels a bit odd, since I normally have a weekly mileage goal and an itch to run each day. I call this progress. (Really, it just means my compulsive obsession is focused on something else, rock painting)
