Stacy's Blog

Easy 4 @ 8:57 pace

Tried the 10K hill program tonight. I'm not sure what the incline is, because I was to busy concentrating on staying on the treadmill and breathing. It was ugly. I only did 4 miles of that program. Then ran 2.2 at 8:34 pace. I'm going to keep working at it. I'm such a flatlander. Temp -3. Windchill advisory. It's going to be a cold week.  

Tempo run on the TM:

Mile 1 @ 8:34

Mile 2 @ 8:13 

Mile 3&4 @ 8:00

Mile 5&6 @ 8:34

Trying to push beyond the 8:34 pace. It's getting comfortable so it's time to try and kick it up a notch. Of course that may all change if I ever get outside again. Tomorrow the high is supposed to be -10 with a windchill of -35. Ugh. Nobody is in a good mood right now. The flood forecast came out yesterday. 98% chance of major flooding again this spring. Third year in a row. Seventeenth year of this wet cycle. It is getting really old.

On the bright side: the days are getting longer, the anemic sun was out today and we might get into the teens next week! Woohoo! :) 

Interval workout on the TM. It was a killer today. My legs felt heavy and I felt sluggish. I had a migraine yesterday. Maybe that had something to do with it. Tara is home. Yea! Movie night!

I'm going to try and do 7 tomorrow without losing my mind, since it will be on the treadmill.

So the weather service has this new "warning". It is called an Extreme Cold Warning. Really? The way I see it: When you walk outside and your nostrils freeze shut, pretty sure you can figure out it is extremely cold, without the weather service issuing a "warning" about it. 

Temp. -14 and a windchill advisory. Could not bring myself to go down to the treadmill. The sun was out and I stayed in town so I was protected from the wind a little. The hardest part about running when it is this cold is just getting out the door. 

It really wasn't bad once I got going. The wind isn't bad, but when it is -14 it doesn't take much to drop the windchill way down. For January in ND it was a beautiful day. :)