Thursday, December 27

No time to log on since my last post so - Paige duty and we were out of town away from the 'puter (not an entirely bad thing).
So, my normal running schedule is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - Thursday and Sunday are off days and I try to squeeze a little pilates or weights in - whatever I can.
I didn't get the chance to run on Monday - we were getting ready to go to my parents house for Xmas and then make the voyage to RI to the IL's house (always an adventure). So packing, feeding, changing, etc precluded me from my 3/4/5/6 miles. (I was outvoted). I was hoping that I could make up the mileage in my other 2 midweek runs - no easy task as my midweek runs are starting to increase in distance (5+ miles each run).
Tuesday we were in RI. We got there ~930 and MIL wanted to wake DD up - at 11 f'ing PM. I got outvoted...again. So, she was up, and again at 3 AM (normal) - however her Xmas was a tough one. She was really fussy and slept almost the whole day. I think the extra wake up call at night messed up her 'schedule'.
So, I fed her early AM on Tuesday and went out for my run. I was hoping to put in 8, but ended up with 7.4 - on a very hilly route (the first mile is all uphill). I did see Santa on his Harley buzz by ~ mile 6...that was cool. I took it easy, the weather was cool, but warm enough for shorts, a compression shirt and a windbreaker (heavy). I think I finished in 1:02 or so. I was exhausted at the start, not knowing if I could run 3 miles, but caught a second wind on the downhill and felt actually pretty good.
Wednesday I ran at home. We left RI late AM and I texted my friend up here to see if he was available. He was going for his long run b/c he was heading to their ski house - so I joined him for 10+ miles. Easy, slow - again, warm enough for shorts, but it got cold. We ran it in ~1:29:00 - nice easy slow pace. I have 10 scheduled this Sat, so I might try and bust out some speed on Friday (tomorrow) - we'll see.

Dinner is calling.
Later

Sunday, Dec 23

Okay, Day 1 of this blog. No for me running today. I did 14 miles yesterday - actually it was 13.6 miles with a 0.6 mile warm up (to get the digestive tract in line with a long run). It went well, but it's kind of funny how your body forgets that running a long distance actually hurts. I ran the first 9 with Rod, my running partner and I think he was annoyed that I wanted to run it slow (~ 9 mpm). He peeled off and I did the last 5+/- alone. Weather was pretty cold - around 30 degrees at the start with overcast skies. We ran by my parents house - a figure 8 w/a stick - Bald Hill/Campground Rd, Rt 152, Grant Rd and back on 87. I wore new shoes - right out of the box - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 7 and they felt okay. I did that more to have the traction on the snowy roads.

I took 2 Tylenol last night before I went to bed (achy knee and a sore foot) but it didn't help much. I might have to start the ice baths again. Definitely not looking forward to that!
We'll see if I can keep up with this blog business.
Sweet
Out