A bit over 23 miles this week. I try to average around 20 miles/week or around 1k/yr. I’m actually a little shy and will have to push my numbers up a bit to make it this year!
I ran with a local store for a few years as part of marathon training. During that ramp up of my running I learned to run in just about anything. I’ve run in single digit temps, snow, lightening, dark… Just about everything :)
There’s always an excuse to not run, getting through those excuses is the trick.
Once, our running group (there was only a handful of us) helped a car get up a hill. It was stuck in the snow haha.
With the cold, you’ve gotta just keep running from summer, through fall into winter and you acclimate with the weather. I never really experience any breathing issues in the cold. once it gets down below 20°f I start putting aquaphor on any exposed skin (cheeks/lips/nose).
I don’t generally run “at night” but as winter hits, I run in the dark for sure. Lots of lights, including a head lamp. I actually feel more visible to cars running at night, but generally it’s associated with winter and colder temps too.
I have never really had issues with “red 11” (aka nipple issues) running, and also quite enjoy running in the rain. A light rain can be a quite enjoyable.
I’ve run in Toronto (Brampton area) before. I’ve been up there for work a few times. Looking on Garmin connect, seems it was back in 2017 :)
I’ve got a half marathon coming up in a few weeks (my longest race since a marathon in 2019). I’m near the end of my “peak phase” on my Garmin training plan so another week or two of highish mileage then a taper to the race.
My current goal is sub 1:45. My Garmin says I’m in 1:43:xx shape. I’m not sure how much weight to give the watch’s prediction since I’ve only done 5K races so far this year.
It is technically more than a week ago, but I finally managed to break the 2-hour barrier on the half marathon with a 1:56:00. I’m not sure whether it was entirely healthy though, with an average HR of 180 bpm. I don’t think I’ve ever felt as broken as those last 6km. It was a very hilly course (total ascent of 133m), which I’m not at all used to since the Netherlands is usually flat. But I did it, which feels great :)
Great job breaking the 2h barrier, I’m hoping to do that this spring.
133m total ascent over a HM stretch wouldn’t be considered hilly though, would it? I have a 6k route that i can only describe as pretty flat (not Netherlands flat, but still), and it has 40m of total ascent.
Had 3 PRs this week:
1 - Longest run: 12 km
2 - Sub 50 minutes 10k (previous record was 51 minutes)
3 - 4:19/km average pace for 5km (previous average pace was 4:25/km)
As for “failures,” tried a 2×7×100m interval session but could only complete 1 set.
I’ve been a little under the weather, so had a three day break instead of a two day break in between runs. Ran my fastest 5km in a few years as a result. Still a minute or so off my pre-covid record but felt pretty good during the run. Slight tightness in my right calf though towards the end. Time to get the roller out.
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