Pool Running is Fun

PM: 2.5 WU 4 mile "race" 2 CD

Signed up for the Fairfax four miler this evening. I wasn't in the mood to race at all and I gained some flab over the holidays. It didn'thelp it was 17 with wind chills in the single digits. I didn' do too well at all. I don't take splits in races but I will say I felt amazing for two miles but when it got tough I crumbled and went to a negative place of self doubt and self bad talk that I work everyday in my life to get away from. It won tonight but I know what I need to do to grow as a person at work and in my running in the new year. Splits per Strava: 5:12,4:52,5:29,5:31

AM: 12 miles at a decent clip. cold. 15 degrees

PM: 1hr. 10 min. pool run

Going to get back to the grind. It's what I do best and I'm happiest doing it. Day in, day out. My confidence will grow and when the spring sun shines I'll be back in the game.

AM: 7 miles. Very cold. 13 degrees with a windchill of 3

PM: 5 miles + standard core routine. Cold

AM: 2.8 WU 8xhill circuit 1.7 CD

PM: 5 miles + standard core routine

Cold AF. 14 degrees. Never really felt good at all but got the work in. My left eyelashes kept freezing on the uphills and as my body shunted blood toward my working muscles my hands froze. Face was hurting despite a liberal application of vaseline. Anyway at least it wasn't windy.

AM: 10 Miles

PM: 5 miles in an icy wind + burpees/swings

Our team was going to get a workout in today since the ridiculous negative windchills will be in the area tomorrow morning. I was going to do a tempo then it snowed and the winds howled. I ended up running easy to work as the wind was mostly at my back.  Tomorrow morning I'll probably do a pool run and not run since it's stupid to run if the windchills are -6to-10. By the time Monday rolls around we will mostly be back to normal with highs in the 40s. Sounds like paradise compared to the last two weeks.

AM: scrubbed. was going to go to the pool before work but the pool was delayed in opening due to the cold/wind chills. It was 13 with -8 windchill

PM: 10 miles home. 20 with -2 wind chill

Skin is dry and itchy. The part of my leg where the tights run up stings with wind burn, and my nose is sore from the constant snot. Only a few more days of this deep freeze.

AM: Dreadmill: 3WU 4@5:43 1E 4@5:35 2 CD

Went to Gold's gym and signed up for a free 3-day pass just to use the treadmill basically since the wind chills today were in the 0 to -8 range. It's a nice place but it's not worth it for me to pay $40 a month for a gym although I'm sure they'll be calling me trying to convince me to join.

I put the treadmill at 0.5 uphill to account for lack of wind resistance I would get outdoors. started the 4 at 5:45 then slightly progressed. Started the second four at 5:39 and progressed. A good strength work.