Month: November 2013

Run was solid this morning – my Goofy Challenge training schedule shows 4.5 miles for today but did 10 as I try to get back on track after a couple blown weeks of training.  (due to weather, busted treadmill and illness). In the past couple weeks I have missed over 30 miles of training including…

So training run tonight was pretty good considering the cold and the loose snow pack on my trail – had to push myself fairly hard tonight to try to make up for some missed training miles in the past week.  Was darned cold out there again tonight (-18C or around 0F) but I decided to…

After having to skip out on my run last night I needed to make sure I got out and ran tonight, no matter what.  Many, many layers of clothes to get out and run in the fresh snow from last night and the wind chills down to -26 C (-15 F).  In the end it…

Looks like it will be at least a week before our treadmill gets fixed (at least it looks like it is still on warranty so that is nice at least).  With the snow over the weekend I wasn’t sure I could get a decent run in outside but city crews had cleaned some of the…

So I woke up Sunday morning with the intention of putting in 19 miles outside as part of my 2 hard back to back weeks as part of training for the Goofy Challenge 2014.  When I looked out the window though I found that between 0.5 to 1 inch of snow had fallen overnight.  This…

Felt pretty strong on the run this morning and the roads were nicely clear – only some slippery sections where cars had driven over the frost (melted and then froze again) but overall pretty good.  Air was crisp but little to no wind so it was a nice morning for a run. At literally the…

Company over again tonight so skipped the treadmill to run outside…but it had been lightly snowing and melting over the course of the afternoon.  So by the time I got out running this afternoon the temperature had come down a bit and it had iced up on the sidewalks of my route.  I ended up…

With company over and doing a little something for our daughter’s birthday today I couldn’t get to the run until later (like after 9pm) and had to do it outside.  So put on my brightest jacket and out I went.  I was worried that my standard route was going to be a bit too dark…

Legs were feeling pretty tight tonight and felt like they might cramp if I pushed too hard so I had to let any thought of speed work go for tonight.  Tonight is also the start of 2 back to back tough weeks in my training plan so just wanted to make sure I did the…

So still cold this morning but at least the wet snow / ice was gone from yesterday – had little snow pellets falling on my but no accumulation and no impact to traction which was nice.  Run was going pretty good and was moving well for the first 20 minutes or so – thought I…