Describe Your Running Today, Part II

4PM.Ran 3 miles on the rock hard snowmobile trail. Colonel came with. Blustery 13F, the wind made it's presence known, even in the woods.

9PM. Spin trainer for 45 minutes.

AM; Spin trainer for 30 mins.

PM;Rib Lake Ski trail system. 1 hour solo. Then crossed paths with a fit local 50YO female age group ace. Speaking strictly for myself ,the level of intensity rose to race level for the next hour. That magical synergy of a shared workout manifested itself, and we both came away spent.

Beautiful afternoon in the Northwoods. Calm, blue skies, hard, fast, well groomed trail, with temps. in the upper single digits.(-12C). Life is good, most assuredly good.

Ran my 6 miles this morning, 12F no wind. My thanks to the Minneapolis and St. Paul park boards,the paths were great!

Late PM; 2 miles; short but sweet. Roads got dusted with a 1/2 inch new snow. Still lots of icy spots.Finished hard, stretched out, and hit the pillows.

30'-ish @ the usual slow pace.....calf sleeves x 2.....no problems to report.....except for the excessive poundage being adorned post-holidays.....hoping to do another day before the weekend, but the schedule is tight this month....keeping my fingers crossed....

Holiday poundage....our Pastor used to chide us"ten seconds on the lips, ten weeks on the hips"....looking about Amerika, one can only surmise it's cultural phenomenon that's widely acclaimed.

PM. 50:22 on the spin trainer; varying intensities.

btw, I'm 25#s heavier than I when I graduated HS, and none of it shows any intention of leaving.

Good luck keeping those calves healthy in 2011.

Keep running special 02 the pounds will slowly come off. Did my 6 mile this morning, it was 12F with an 8 mph wind and light snow, the last 2 miles the wind picked up and slowed me down. A good run anyway.

Friday AM:

10k @ 5:50min pace. Chinatown Firecracker course from an event that takes place every February.

A solid 45min run through a shady One Eye Forest, 35 deg celsius.

An hour on the mtn bike yesterday, the trails are now more challenging to tackle as the hot weather makes the surface dustier and rockier. My rock crunching tyres weren't enough to disturb the many shade seeking roos, far too warm to bother hopping away.

75mins running mostly on the golf course on thursday.

Wednesday, a roster mishap led to quite a day of running. 6kms slow rail trail to work @6am. Whoops, not starting work until 1.30pm. 6km return run. At mid-day did a 10km run along rail trail to work. 10.30pm. another 6km back along the railtrail to the car and drove the 45kms home.

Quite a long tiring day.

Tuesday, a solid hour in the kyak then 40mins easy running a few laps of windsprints and a 3k track race. 11.50 in 30 deg C temps. Finished with a 3km jog.

took weds and thurs. off. Head cold and bronchial irritation,

Friday pm, Low intensity x-c ski at Nine mile forest.1;45. Stars were bright and clear with temps at 7F. Quite in contrast to the 30-40C range of mopaks roo rousting trail jaunts.

32+' today.....close to 40 F, so was repping the shorts.....okay, the calf sleeves gave me a bit of warmth down there.....no problems other than some minor achiness in the left Achilles.....don't think it will cause any more down time.....hoping to get out again on Tuesday....

PM; Bike trainer session 21 minutes. Ended it with tabata protocol,7x20sec. max effort,alt. 10 sec. rest. Wrapped up with 15 min. toe raises, push ups, sit ups and general stretching.

Sunday AM; 1.75 miles on the snowmobile trail with the older dog. One large raptor took wing mid point through the woods providing some entertainment for the dog. Crisp clear calm morning with temp. at -8F.

PM; Long ski @ Camp Forest Springs; 2:20 classic format. Sunshine and blue skies made for a beautiful afternoon. Love that glacial terrain, what a roller coaster effect.

Tues. AM 4 miles with the Colonel. Nice winter conditions with no real wind.

Getting tired of the drone of my own voice here. How about a little espirit de corp?

TPCB; hope all is well, very quiet in your world.

Hey Bushman, happy New Year.

I am here.

I'll post DYRT related soon.

You are a good guy and a fine example to follow.

33+' on Tuesday.....before the deluge......calf sleeves x 2.....still some Achilles stiffness, but no biggie.....followed up with 2 days of shoveling.....hoping to get in a run tomorrow and MLK....

tpcb;

Thanks for touching base. Look forward to your return asapractical.

Packers trounched Atlanta. This is reminescent of the Glory Years.

No run or workout of any sort since Sunday. This really makes me question what sort of employment envelope I've sealed myself into. Not even enough residual energy or time to get in a therapeutic run. WTF. Something needs to change and soon.

34' yesterday.....left the calf sleeves at the gym.....oops.....no problems there though......lots of black ice.....slowed it down to improve footing....slipped twice but stayed upright.....strong headwind on the "out".....survived......hoping for something tomorrow or Wed....

Weds AM; 2.5 miles with Colonel and Jack. The snowmobile trail makes a nice route through the local woodlots this time of year. No sleds early so we've got the stark pristine winter scape to ourselves.