I had to take a detour today. My normal 10 mile route through on the greenway was closed. The city is repairing the trail due to the damage from the flood in early May.
So my detour had more hills than usual. In addition, the heat and humidity returned today. The only saving grace was a strong South wind.
Today was a recovery run of only 5 miles. Went to the Y at lunch and did some core work. After the run, I did some hill sprints. Luckily, the humidity was down today and there was a nice breeze from the North. Hope I am so lucky tomorrow.
The count down begins. It is 126 days to 10/10/10, the Chicago Marathon.
It is now 18 weeks away so it is time to get serious about training.
I feel good about going into this training cycle with an average of 40 miles per week base but not looking forward to training in the heat and humidity.
Six inches of snow and ice mean no long run outside this morning. Hope to go to the Y later and sweat on the treadmill.
I finished up the last run of 2009 yesterday and totaled up the numbers.
Ran a total of 1,954 miles. This is down slightly from 2008, mainly due to the four weeks off due to injury in February.
Age does have its advantage, I placed in my age group four times in 2009. I am sure it is just a matter of “showing up”, in most cases.
All in all not a bad year, two marathons, three half marathons, three 5Ks, a 10 miler and and 10K.
Happy New Year!
Had our department Christmas lunch on Friday at Loveless Cafe. I was glad I only had to run 3 miles after filling up on country ham, eggs, grits, and of course, biscuits and jam.
We are on the temperature yoyo. Today the temperature was back in the 50s. Not a bad afternoon for a 6 mile run. Recovery is going well. Just need to make sure I keep the mileage and the speed throttled.
“You rarely regret the runs you do; you almost always regret the runs you skip.”
–The Runner’s Rule Book, Mark Remy
The weather man got it right today. The temperature dropped all day. By 4 pm this afternoon it was in the mid-30s and with the wind from the North, it was a sharp contract to yesterday’s 60 degrees.
Ran 6 miles.
It was a warm 63 degrees this afternoon. A nice but short lived treat. The forecast is for 40 degree weather Tuesday afternoon. None the less it was a great afternoon to get in an easy 3 miles.
