21.5 miles over the past 3 days including a cold and slippery 10 this morning. Heading into the last couple hard weeks of Dopey Challenge training!

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3 solid runs over the past 3 days – didn’t have time to blog or twitter them so I will combine them into one post here.

Thursday – 7.5 miles in 59:32 on the treadmill. Decently strong run with good time spent up near 8 mph. Didn’t stay there for long periods of time as I am trying not to destroy my old treadmill while we still wait for parts for our newer one.

Friday – 4 miles in 31:17 on the treadmill. Had myself up to 8 mph for 9 minutes for one period of the run. It was good to sustain some speed for a while. The run was a harder push but still not where I was peaking a while ago but the old treadmill can’t handle the speed without the breaker tripping off. So I have to take it a bit easier and 8 mph is about the most it can handle for any length of time.

Saturday – 10 miles in 1:32:06 outside in the cold. It was quite slippery and very uneven in many areas of the run this morning. It certainly helps strengthen the stabilizer muscles in the legs with that kind of terrain. The first half of the run was fairly slow (probably less than 6.5 mph average for the first 40 minutes or so) but once I got my footing I was able to push a bit harder in the second half. I had a sustained period where I was in the 7.3-7.4 mph range – not too bad considering the load of winter gear I was wearing and the uneven and slippery surfaces. Very decent run.

Tomorrow is supposed to be much warmer (almost up to the freezing point!) so I am thinking I am going to go off my 13.1 miles scheduled for tomorrow and go longer – this would be to try to make up for the missed 20 miler last weekend and to cover my ass in case the weather tanks into the deep freeze again and I can’t get one or both of my last 2 long runs done over the next couple weeks. Winter marathon training here in the north certainly requires you to be adaptable!


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