It was snowing when I woke up, drove to SF to meet some guys. I ended up behind the snow plow going down WH drive, so I was 3 minutes late to our meeting point, and no one was there. As I was following the snow plow, I was giddy with relief thinking that we would cancel our hard workout. It is so hard to do 3x2mile repeats this late in tax season. I am tired and tired of being tired. So I was on my own. The roads in SF were not covered in snow, though pellety snow was coming down pretty good. I decide to do one 2 mile set, maybe two. I warm up 2.87, stopping to stretch after 5 minutes, and reluctantly start the first 2 mile segment. I start at the 3 mile mark of the SF half and go toward the 1 mile mark. My target pace for the workout is supposed to be 6:05-6:18, but I think I'd be lucky to be sub 6:30, with how I feel and the snow. Mile 1 6:18 (thrilled to find the 2 mile mark on the road), Mile 2, I totally miss the mile mark by about 10-15 sec, so it was a 6:17-6:22 mile, somewhere in there. Snow is sticking to the bottom of one shoe, just one of them. I rest 4:50, then start this in reverse. Only problem is it is still snowing and I can't find either of the mile marks. I stop after 13:09, likely overshooting the mile mark, since now the road is covered. Halfway through this I know this is my last repeat, I am feeling tired. At the end of the second repeat I had no plan to do a third one, but after 5 minutes of rest, I thought, why not? This will be good for me, so I toe the line (not a good saying in this case since the road is snowy and I don't know where the line is), and I do the third one. 13:01, though I wasn't exact on the mile marks, I couldn't find any again. I pushed it the last mile, and I am thrilled I was strong enough mentally to do the workout on my own, and to complete it. I just told myself as I did the third one that this was building character and would separate me from my competition. By the end of the run the snow was in traditional flakes instead of pellets. My cool down was a nice slow pace.
| 