Of Mice and Marathons

PM: 15.3 miles quite easy.

A light dusting of snow for the first snow of the season. Mostly just wet and muddy. Forbidden Drive was a Zoo. At one point there were 8 Huskies blocking the trail. Two different sets of owners. They could have harnessed a full team.

+ stretching and psuhups (pre-bed)

PM: 10.3 miles slow. HR 136.

Starting tracking HR again as me mum got me an early birthday present. It's a simple optical monitor that replaces the chest strap (mine is fried I think). I couldn't think of anything I wanted but I looked at one of these last fall but decided I I didn't need it. Mom insisted on getting me something.

It was cold outside and the wind was bitter cold.

+ stretching, light core, and pushups (before bed)

AM: 10.3 miles. HR 145. Did some strides. RHR 41.

First day in tights. Around 16 degrees with 15MPH winds. Cold, but doable. Snow looks like it is coming in for Saturday. A storm on the weekend day and a day before my birthday. #thanksobama Long run will be tough if we get what they are calling for and a foot of snow will mess up Forbidden Drive probably for the rest of winter, so it looks like my last farlek down there tomorrow. 3 x 8 minutes around 10k-15k pace I think with some faster, short intervals tacked on unless someone wants to throw me one of their favorites and I'll do that.

AM/Lunch: 13 miles with a fartlek of 42:30. 29 minutes up/30 down

6 x 5 minutes with 2:30 recovery jogs.

Averaged between 5:44-6:00 depending on the terrain. Felt okay. The effort was hard to maintain on the last one. Decent LT session to get things rolling. HR monitor is already wonky.

+ Stretching, light core, hip routine, pushups (late)

AM: 10 miles slow. 

Lunch: 11.25 miles. HR 148. Did a few strides then did 10 x 10 second hill sprints.

A major storm coming through. Stay safe folks.

PM: 8.4 miles in the blizzard. HR 149.

We already had around 17 inches of snow when I went out and the worst of the storm is just arriving. The roads in Chestnut Hill were awful but I went over into Wyndmoor and the roads were pretty decent. Apparently the suburbs know how to maintain roads despite a @5 drop in taxes wihout the city tax. I stopped to help push a guy out of a 7-11 parking lot. He was going home to South Philly with bald tires. People were out walking their dogs and one guy was cross country skiing.

Looks like a birthday long run on the treadmill tomorrow. #ohjoy