Describe Your Running Today, Part II

Until tpcb re-emerges, reformats, or or simply returns I guess the continuity of this thread sort of rest with you and me.

AM; Arctic air in place brought temps. at dawn to -20F(-28C).

Setting Moon and rising Sun framed the 45 minutes on trail with Colonel. Trees snapped in the woods as frost seams stressed out. Our approach lead a flock of 6 wild turkeys to flee for safety. For only a few select days every year do we get to relish the pure cold air in the Sugar Bush.

thanks for the suggestion, Bushy.....may have to consider that if icy conditions persist.....mostly snow now......had a bit of an epiphany yesterday.....sat down to check out letsrun and realized "I could be running".....stepped away from the keyboard and cranked out about 28'......nothing special, but better than nothing.....back on letsrun today as it is a day off and snowing.....will get my workout today walking behind the snow blower.....track meet tomorrow, so next run will hopefully be Sunday.....could be frigid though....

Our coldest morning of the winter,-14F. I did my normal 6 mile run this morning, I love the way things sound when it gets cold and it's so quiet.

30-35' yesterday, sans watch.....cold, but not too bad.....calf sleeves x 2......the "out" was kind of tough, but the "back" had the sun in my face and wind at my back.....much better.....some Achilles tightness this AM, but no biggie.....let's see what tomorrow brings....

Sunday AM; 2.2 miles.-20F temps had my dog hopping on 3 feet at times while getting warmed up. He's a sport and got home no worse for the wear. Brilliant Sunshine had the eyes watering, tears froze in place on the eyelasses. No other creatures were stirring.

PM; Packers won and are Super Bowl bound. Will wonders never cease? Needed to run off the adrenaline generated by this nail biter of a game. 2 miles hard out, temps. above 0 for a change.

A late night 40 miute run (11.40pm start). A leisurely trot with headlamp around town finished with a few brisk laps on the football oval.Lots of eyes reflectingin the light of the lamp, lots of thumping noises as various creatures move aside.

Yesterday 2 laps of Wildflower Circuit (hilly 6.5k trail) before work, first in 32, second in 30. No shirt, hot running at mid-day.

Saturday, kyak for 40 minutes then off to work. Ran 5k on the inside of the velodrome, barefoot, striding 100m every lap.

Thursday. A tough session (for a fat old lazy coot like me). 1.2km warmup (6.10) then 5.6km tempo on rolling dirt rd (23.50), then straight up the Viewing Rock track (7mins rugged climb) and easy jog down (5mins) then straight into a solid 1.6km (6.40), jogged 800m (4.00),then 400m (85s) then jogged 800m (4.00).

Wed. A solid hour of rough terrain mtn bike riding , blew the front (disc) brake 1/2 way, a bit of heart thumping return off the ridge with only rear brakes!!

Tue. Kyak for an hour. First paddle since our region's catastrophic flooding (Not as newsworthy as the QLd floods).The lake was back to 108%, got up to 125% and took out the emergency spillway. My cousins property 70kms downstream on the Campaspe was covered by 1.5 -2 metres of water. Evening 10k bush run then a 3km track race, 11.56 (4.03, 3.58, 3.55) and a km warmdown.

Mon. A strong hour session on the mtn bike up the rugged McIvor. Much faster than recent rides because of the rain affected ground. I did the usual hour course in just 53mins so finished with a few flat out laps of the 1.2km loop around the block.

mopak,

My apologies, but I've read your posts for long enough to take exception with that self deprecating personal assessment. Thanks for another vivid rendition.

Played hooky for a day and drove the 2.5 hours up to the Birke trail. Skied and gabbed for 3.5 hours while covering 19 miles on skinny skiis. I felt stronger than I would have reason to expect. Neil, Mark, Chris, and myself. Over cast with temps steady at 18F. Since the cold blast of last week, it felt almost balmy. Great trail, great conditions, fun company.

Repeated last thursday's session yesterday. The 5.6k took 24.05, but the 1.6 was a sharper 6.24 and the 400 81. Happy with that.

Happy Australia Day (26/1).

34' with temps (F) close to the same.....seemed like spring after the arctic temps of the previous days.....calf sleeves x 2.....some snow covered areas added to the challenge.....left Achilles tight to start, but loosened up after about 5'.....looking at Friday for next romp....

Yesterday; 20 mins. recovery ride on the Bike trainer.

More snow for the NE.

Happy Australian Days, to mopak et.al

Leisurely trot up onto the McIvor Range yesterday, tired from a night shift. I managed 65mins with 200 plus metres of elevation gain and loss. A new fauna issue out in the forests, 100s of spider webs strung between trees. Apparently the heavy rains have boosted our spider populations.

Today, another night shift (hate them!!)so I got up about 2pm and did a lap of the scenic walk on the Range, just walking with my poles. A bit of a shock coming down off Viewing Rock. There was a man 150metres in front of me -he was naked. Fortunately I veered off down the track to my house before I caught up with him. He walked past my gate a bit later with a pair of shorts on. I guess he figured he'd have the trails to himself.

I went out about 5pm. and did a pleasant 70 min trot around the One Eye Forest, I left the shirt behind but did keep the shorts on throughout. I didn't want to offend my marsupial pals.

Friday; 3.5 miles with the dogs. Moderate conditions with 18F and calm air.

Sat.; X-C skiing, around 10 miles. Soft new snow made it feel further. Fair number of people out enjoying the 20+ temps. at Brown Co.'s Reforestration Camp. Everyone we saw was fully clothed.

Overly tame whitetails and wild turkeys watched the skinny ski parade.

Sunday PM; Skinny skiis for 1.5 hours. The woods is frocked with new snow. Winters beauty will last until the first stiff wind dislodges all the perched ornamental parapets.

Today's ski outing was conducted at low intensity, following yesterdays exertions.

36' yesterday....slowly getting back to normal.....calf sleeves x 2......still too much holiday poundage.....it could take a while to get rid of that......Achilles loosened up quickly.....some stiffness there this AM after long drive, but okay now.......may be adventurous and try to get out again today......more snow in the forecast.....

~30' yesterday.....successful back-to-back days for the first time in months.....kept it low to be safe......cs x 2......the usual, of late, left Achilles stiffness.....worked through it....crazy wx forecast, so likely to get at least the next two off.....

Monday; no run, no ski.

Tuesday; AM Sort and load livestock.

PM: 20 minutes on the spin trainer.

I don't envy Milwaukee or Chicago. The 3-4" of snow we got seems like enough.

Weds. Spent this AM on snowshoes in the Sugar Bush. Forward motion at 2 MPH is enough to break a good sweat. 18"-20" of soft fluffy snow on the level.

Thursday; Left the Bush at dusk on snowshoes after several hours of maintenance work. Walked up a good sweat coming out on the snowmobile trail with the dogs. We were just about home and in the yard when 4 sleds cruising along forced us to the sidelines. I guess we precipitated a crash as at least 2 of the riders rearended each other in their evasive manueuvering.

Busted windshields and a bent ski. They weren't happy.

Too Damn fast for conditions is the landowners call.

Friday; AM. Guess the snowmobile snafu was real. Broken mirrors and windshield were laying alongside the woodpile. Kind of disconcerting. I'm not really comfortable to find myself dodging these high powered toys in my own back yard.

Colonel and I ran for 21 mins. on the snowmobile trail. All quiet and cold.

Sat.AM. Colonel and I went west on the trail. 18 mins, out and 17 back. Wonderfully warm at 30F, overcast, and still. The trees carried some hoarfrost from the light fog of this morning. Peaceful, sublimely peaceful.