Every Run is a Great Run!

Got up bright and early with hopes temps were just a tad better than most mornings of 2013.  Checked weather.com it said -1 degrees feels like -16. Ugh! And of course the lovely smoggy air. But poking my head out the door I didn't notice any wind so and I was already dressed for running so I ventured out. It was cold but not windy so it was bearable and I had an ok run in the dark.

Later in the afternoon went to the gym at work for 30 min XT + core. 

Temps in the 20's today downright balmy! Air a bit cleaner too but still plenty of gunk. Hooray for Kim finally able to get out and try a run after dealing with such a nasty cold the last while. She did really great for not running at all for nearly 2 weeks.

Tried some speed today after 2 mile warmup with Kim.  Dropdown intervals 1, .75, .5. .25 miles, with .5 rests in between the first 3 and .25 rest on the last.

This workout was harder than I wanted it to be. I think not having the usual bit of tail-wind and gunky air had a lot to do with it and maybe just and off day for me.  I was still able to meet the main goal which was to stay mostly a bit faster than 5K pace.

Splits (pace not time) were 6:24, 6:25, 6:22, 6:02. 

Got out early with Kim around 6am. Could actually see the stars from our house but got pretty foggy down in the river bottoms. Probably around 10 degrees or so. Ran about half with Kim and the rest solo.

Later got to the gym at work for 30 min XT + core. 

Six miles at the gym on the beloved treadmill and a little core work as well.

Woke up to about a foot of fresh powder everywhere so grabbed a snow shovel and went at it for an hour or so. Later in the morning I was able to get out and slosh around the snowy roads for a sloppy 3 miles.

Quite the run today in the snow. Talking to Kim we wondered if we shouldn't name this run "Dumb & Dumber". Not sure who gets to be Dumb and who is Dumber.  Could also call it "Slip Slidin' Away" with the sloppy roads and all the slipping and sloshing around we did.

Our generic cheapo Costco Yak Trax knock-offs are pretty much falling apart now so we only used them for a couple miles before they were more trouble than they were worth and we ditched them. It was nice to have Kelly and his eternally enthusiastic dog Bebe along for this one.

Made it to 9 miles but it felt more like 20+ and took nearly 2 hours.