Objective: easy / recovery Conditions at 5:15 am: 49F, clear & starry, windy (15 mph gusting to 27 mph). 15 min. core & upper body strength
In the middle of January, a clear sky and strong east winds normally means: cold! What a weird phenomenon to be having this little "heat wave." Not much explanation on Cliff Mass's blog, just that the cold air got "scoured out." Huh? But where did the warm air come from? It's 27F in Ellensburg (just over the Cascades).
The legs feel only a bit sore today, but very heavy and tired. I am so glad that I was able to push myself on Saturday. The experience left me with a great feeling of motivation towards training hard in the months to come. I had a little time this weekend to read the recent issue of Running Times and found 3 particularly interesting pieces: 1) a short interview with Deena Kastor (she may be able to start racing again this spring!), 2) an article by Brad Hudson about hill sprints (nice to have the review) and 3) a column on mid-foot, forward leaning running style (sort of a review of all the different approaches and what they have in common - very relevant to what I've been working on). There were also some interesting articles on Masters running. A good issue.
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