3 miles easy - neighborhood 5K route
My Garmin worked great for the marathon. Now it won't power on off the charger. It's served me well for thousands of miles. I'm working on a solution. Meanwhile I'm going to run without a watch for a while.
My goals for winter running are:
- Run regularly.
- Maintain current fitness.
- Improve fitness safely if I can.
- Adjust to Altra zero drop shoes as my body allows.
- Run for the joy of running.
I haven't figured out a schedule yet. Early mornings have less traffic and fewer schedule conflicts, but it's dark and cold and slipping/tripping hazards are harder to see. When work permits I can run later in the morning. I may also experiment with running at noon, or going into work earier and running after work before dinner.
I've been doing some core exercises most of this year, sometimes more regularly than others. I've been focusing on strengthening my hips that have troubled me, but have included push ups and crunches as well. For the past couple of weeks I've been trying a 5-Minute High Intensity Circuit Training for Runners I saw on active.com. It includes some of what I've been doing, but adds some things I was missing. We'll see how it goes. I've modified it a little to continue to focus on my hips.
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