Today it was 27 degrees but the wind (30mph) and snow was nasty and made it a really tough run. I ran 13.1 miles at an overall 6:46 pace in 1:28. The first 2.5 miles I ran in a headwind that was cold and I had to cover my whole face. I hate when the wind blows and it kicks the snow right in your face. The next 5.5 miles I ran in a crosswind and it wasn't bad at all. The last 5 miles was in the headwind again, and I had to cover my whole face. I wanted to make myself work so I pushed the pace in the wind, because that's what competitor's do. I felt it was a good effort averaging between 6:30 to 6:45 pace. I was surprised that my overall pace was pretty decent because I really didn't feel like pushing the pace today. I'll probably only run 3 miles on the home treadmill at lunch today at a slower pace to get some more aerobic work, and with my wife tonight if she wants to run. Lunch: Okay I couldn't restrain myself I ran 5 miles rather than 3 miles. When I went home for lunch my wife said, "there's no way you will just run three miles". I laughed at her thinking she doesn't know me, but she does more than I know myself. Wife's have this penetration into are brains and know our thoughts before they even come out. Guys were just all in trouble. I did the last .8 of the mile in 5:58 . I mainly stayed around a 6:55 pace. I need to stop trying to always be in a hurry on my runs and probably need to focus on more slower aerobic runs. To give you my daily Treadmill TV watching: I watched ESPN and the road runner cartoon. Evening: Ran 3.1 Miles with my wife on a windy route for over half of the run. She did very well at around a 12 minute pace overall for 37 minutes. We didn't have a plan on how far we just made the route up as we went. I just went along with her and she decided how far she wanted to run. Running in conditions like this will only make her stronger, because on calm days it should feel easier. Then ran 0.36 with my girls, our son only ran a little bit but the train scared him and he wanted to go back home, and it was his idea to run after my wife and I got done. Oh well, there's always next time.
| 