1. I've been spending a lot of time on the treadmill. In a perfect world I would have a nice balance of treadmill and outside runs. In this frozen world, I have opted out of snow and ice and have been kicking it inside.
2. Speaking of Frozen... Did you guys see that there's an arrest warrant out for Queen Elsa? It made me smile. Hope they catch her soon!
3. Maddux is really funny in the snow. This is the one part of snow that makes me happy. My pup gets so playful after the first good snowfall. It lasts for about 2 minutes, but for those 2 minutes he romps around like he is a young pup again. I love seeing him having so much fun!
4. I have had two races cancelled because of the cold. Yep, two. One was a 14k and another was a 10 miler. They were supposed to be part of my long run training, but such is life. I have a 15k coming up in two weeks. Hopefully the snow will be out of our region by then!
5. I've had some really good runs. Despite it all, I've actually been feeling pretty good. I ran 9 miles on Monday and felt amazing. I ran 3.5 yesterday (I thought I was going to be running 15 between Saturday and Sunday--might still happen, so I figured I would keep it short for my Thursday run) and ended up feeling pretty speedy! I need a couple more long runs to feel confident going into Shamrock, but at this point it's looking like I'll have a pretty good race. 27 days away!
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Stay warm, friends!
Have you had any races cancelled because of the weather? How's your training going!? Even though we have to deal with this crap weather, I think I do better training during the winter than the summer staying on track!
nice runs! I'm excited for Shamrock but the damn sickness I keep catching has really put a wrench in my PR plans.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I was excited about it! I know how you feel--I felt like I was set up after Crawlin' Crab to just work on getting fast, but then I was out of the game for like 2 months. I'm going to try to stop stressing about the sub 2 and just focus on having a good race--we have to stay positive! :-)
DeleteI've had one race cancelled for rain, even though it wasn't raining that morning. That is a great pace! My pups rarely get to play in the snow.
ReplyDeleteThank you! He doesn't stay out long, but it's nice that we have a place for him to romp for a little bit :-)
Deleteawww i'm glad he likes the snow! i agree - you've got a big 5k PR coming your way, lady!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Courtney! I hope so!! :-) Hope your pup is staying warm out there!
DeleteBummer! I'd hate to have a race canceled because of the cold weather. We lucked out last weekend when our race was on Saturday. A lot of the local races that were on Sunday were canceled due to the gusty winds and extremely low windchill.
ReplyDeleteHaha, it's so crazy! I feel like normally we are warriors and keep on keepin' on, but lately it has been ridiculously cold.
DeleteSpeedy run - yes to a 5K PR soon. Looking fwd to next week's run :) Which 15K do you have coming up?
ReplyDeleteI hope so! I'm excited to run together, too! I'm running the Get Pumped for Pets haha! Money goes towards helping animals and there is good beer at the end... my kind of race!
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