General Aerobic + 10 x 100 m strides. 4:53 am, 28°F, 74% humidity, winds calm, light snow, with about an inch of powdery snow on the ground. I didn't sleep well last night on account of a long nap yesterday and a stuffy head. I got up briefly around 3:30 and contemplated going running at that point, but decided against it and got back in bed until 4:30. I had gotten all my clothes laid out, including putting the yaktrax on my shoes, last night, because I needed to get out the door before 5:00 in order to be back in time to drive to seminary. I hurried this morning and made it out in time, even with doing my dynamic stretches in the house before I went out. I forgot to assign myself a new proprioceptive cue for this week. The only one other than last week's pounding the ground that I could think of while I was running was pulling your navel towards your spine, so I kind of focused on that during the run, though I was probably more focused on the condition of the ground. I think that cue is supposed to help you attain a more neutral position with your pelvis. I'll have to look it up and see if I'm on the right track or completely off base. My head's still pretty stuffy, but I figure I'll get over this cold in due time regardless of whether I run or not, so I might as well run. I ran my normal six mile loop, but instead of heading home at the end, I went to the middle school track to do the strides. The track was covered with snow, so I couldn't see the markings on the track. I used the lap button and the lap distance field on my Garmin to measure the strides, but in my early morning stupor, I wasn't real sure how many feet are in 100 meters. I think I ran most of the strides just slightly longer than 100 meters. After I finished the strides, I ran home from the track the remaining distance that I had to make 8 miles in total. AP: 9:48. Splits before the strides: 10:20, 10:07, 10:19, 9:47, 9:57, 9:41. Pace on strides: 6:49, 6:53, 7:16, 7:08, 7:23, 6:57, 7:05, 7:14, 7:09, 6:45.
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