Sunday, February 23, 2014
Winter Run
I took some pretty pictures while outside on a long 10 mile run today. They are from along the Maple City Trail, Oswegatchie River, (first two pics) and one of the St. Lawrence River (third pic). The bridge to Canada is in the distance at the bottom. There were people out ice fishing. You can see the little ice fishing huts. It was really nice to get outside, but the 15-20 mph winds were tough for me. Enjoy! :)
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Sickness, Another Race and a Hat
February started out pretty slow for Tom and I. Like someone snapping their fingers, overnight we went from being perfectly healthy to being quite sick. It was either one of the worst colds I have had in a long time or a light flu -complete with muscle aches and fever chills. We missed our long run from the end of week 3 and also a mid-week training run before either of us felt like we had enough energy to even go out to the garage and turn the space heater on to take the edge off the chill for treadmill running. Thankfully I can report that we seem to be in very good health again. Also, the kids were not ill, which is such a blessing!
Saturday the 8th was the third Frozen Foote race. Another race done! The weather cooperated very nicely in my opinion. It was overcast and about 18 degrees and only light wind on the 2 miles out. The 2 miles back were warm and pleasant. I was very glad that I switched out of my vest and into my windbreaker jacket. I was a little warm at the end, but I think I would have been uncomfortably cold for a very long time without it.
I shaved 5:20 off my time from last month!!!!! Woot Woot!
I contribute this acceleration to both actually running again and also doing "hills" on the treadmill. The Frozen Foote course is quite hilly compared to where I run around the house. I have really fallen in love with the "random" setting on our treadmill. The "hill" setting on the other hand... I'm sure it's great training, but MAN is it exhausting!
When I checked our mailbox yesterday I was surprised to find packages containing Buffalo Marathon tech hats! Maybe they are a little corny but I was pretty excited! They are from the race and there was a little note about the hat and that they are working hard to make it a great event. :) I love a surprise! It's nice to get a surprise present!
I'm exhausted, cold and tired right now, but there is a big smile on my face as I write. I just did what I am going to call an exhaustion run. I went to Zumba and it was a great workout and then decided to do my mid-week run on top of the Zumba (which I have done before). I did it as a hill repeat workout with the "hill" setting. Curse you "hill" setting! Wow. There has to be great benefit both mentally and physically to start a run when you are already physically tired. I'm finally cooling off from the run and I had better get cleaned up and into bed before I get any colder!
Thank you for reading and have a great end of the week and weekend. Happy Valentine's Day!
Saturday the 8th was the third Frozen Foote race. Another race done! The weather cooperated very nicely in my opinion. It was overcast and about 18 degrees and only light wind on the 2 miles out. The 2 miles back were warm and pleasant. I was very glad that I switched out of my vest and into my windbreaker jacket. I was a little warm at the end, but I think I would have been uncomfortably cold for a very long time without it.
I shaved 5:20 off my time from last month!!!!! Woot Woot!
I contribute this acceleration to both actually running again and also doing "hills" on the treadmill. The Frozen Foote course is quite hilly compared to where I run around the house. I have really fallen in love with the "random" setting on our treadmill. The "hill" setting on the other hand... I'm sure it's great training, but MAN is it exhausting!
When I checked our mailbox yesterday I was surprised to find packages containing Buffalo Marathon tech hats! Maybe they are a little corny but I was pretty excited! They are from the race and there was a little note about the hat and that they are working hard to make it a great event. :) I love a surprise! It's nice to get a surprise present!
I'm exhausted, cold and tired right now, but there is a big smile on my face as I write. I just did what I am going to call an exhaustion run. I went to Zumba and it was a great workout and then decided to do my mid-week run on top of the Zumba (which I have done before). I did it as a hill repeat workout with the "hill" setting. Curse you "hill" setting! Wow. There has to be great benefit both mentally and physically to start a run when you are already physically tired. I'm finally cooling off from the run and I had better get cleaned up and into bed before I get any colder!
Thank you for reading and have a great end of the week and weekend. Happy Valentine's Day!
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