Every Run is a Great Run!

Wasn't sure if the roads were very runnable in the early AM so decided to shovel snow instead, work at home, then do the run later in the day. In hindsight I think we would have been fine going early but things worked out fine running later, although I felt pretty sluggish today for some reason, also a bit of an upset stomach. Maybe due to eating too much the last few days including too much junk.

Ran 4 solo while Kim was in a meeting them met up with Kim for 6 more. Hopefully the sluggishness and upset stomach aren't signs of some flu bug coming on. I just bragged recently that I hadn't been sick since June 2009, hopefully that didn't jinx me.

8:54/146

Early AM: 6 miles mostly with Kim on another frosty morning. Single digits again but we must be getting used to it as it wasn't so bad. I'm sure it helped that there was little to no wind. The surroundings were actually quite beautiful in a winter wonderland sort of way with all the sparkly frosted trees. Felt a lot better than yesterday.

9:17

Late AM: 4 miles at work. Nice to see some sun, always makes it feel about 10 degrees warmer than it really is. Probably around 20 degrees, I was daring and wore shorts (since that was all I had!).

7:55/158

Early AM: Winter Wonderland part 2 this morning. Yesterday we had single digit temps that made for frosty trees that sparkled in the light of Kim's mini-flashlight. Today we had 25 degrees and snowstorm with huge fluffy snowflakes. Fun stuff. I'll take 25 and snow over 35 and rain any day. Luckily it was cold enough the roads weren't treacherous to run on so we went over and did 8 repeats up heartbreak hill (steep version). 5 miles.

Late AM: Temps just over freezing and no wind/snow/rain made for not too bad run conditions. Ran 5 more miles on the old Eagle View route that I used to run years ago all the time with the running group from work. Unfortunately our group has dwindled to practically nobody with all the layoffs over the years. So it was a bit lonely running up the big nasty hill solo. Felt pretty good so pushed the pace a little bit.

7:35/169 max 185

Early AM: Six mile loop, temps around 20.

8:39/149

Late AM: Four miles at work on Kuhni Road. Nice to see the sun, temps just above freezing I think. Nice relaxing run.

8:11/148

Six mile loop in the morning with Kim. Warm this morning around 40 degrees but very windy! Guess mother nature doesn't want us to get too comfy. Just glad the wind has been more well behaved when temps were below 20.

9:19/139

Later at work did a really wimpy 20 min XT workout and some core work.

Had a nice long run, some solo but mostly with Pat, Hal and Kim. Nice morning, not too windy and temps around 30-35 degrees. Another peak mileage week for me at least for the last 8 months or so. Most likely I won't see any higher mileage weeks than this until the peak of UVM training in the spring and even then I don't plan on ever going over around 65 mpw.

Kept the pace mostly easy today with maybe 1 mile at marathon pace.

8:37/150