So this was an interesting weekend.
I'll keep this brief, as i was asleep, and should be getting back to that soon!
Defintely a different weekend both with our times/paces during our runs, and the weather that we ran them in!
Friday morning Emily and I met up at 6:45am to go for our run in -8*C weather (wind chill making it colder). Our pace was equally as brisk as the temperature, running roughly over 22K in 1:40...felt alright afterwards, but still...C..cc..cc....COLD!! We both ended up at work later, stocked up in warm clothing and with plenty of food to fuel us through the day.
Saturday morning i joined Emily and the tri clinic for spin class, as it was another brisk morning, and then again we both had work, during which we discussed the upcoming weeks, as next weekend should be a down/taper weekend for Emily as Dirty Duo (her 50K qualifier) is March 12th, and i still technically should have one more up weekend before i do the same for my 50K, which is the 19th!!
Wow-so close now!!!
So next weekend we'll likely start out together, and then she'll stop after a while and i will keep going.
On a related note, we were going to run Saturday night, and this week we were both planning to join the marathon clinic for their Sunday morning run of 9 miles. After talking to eachother and agreeing that we both felt like we might be overtraining, we discussed it with Keith, who immediately agreed, so we took Saturday night off, as we had spun in the morning.
By the end of the shift it was snowing a touch, so there was a light dusting on the roads, but of course, traffic snarled up! Would have been an interesting and eventually damp run, but we had NO IDEA what would await us in the morning!!
We intended to meet up early (around 6-615: lovely, no?) to go run, then make sure we ended up where the marathon clinic was starting at 8 to join them for their route, and that would take us to our goal of 3 hours.
Woke up several times in the night to see the snow coming down and piling up a LOT.
Woke up for the last time (stayed up) at 5:15, and immediately called Emily, as i was basically snowed in as far as auto transport would allow. so we made a compromise-trust eachother to go for 2-2.5 hours (adjusting time for the fact that the havy snow buildup would give us a goood resistance-training of sorts), and we would be fine.
So i set out in my trail shoes (extra traction-ended up working great!) and went for a run, reaching lonsdale after an hour, and made the choice to keep going to where the marathon group was meeting (Steed Cycles across the street from Everything Wine on Marine Drive-just past Cap Mall). Emily ended up there too-and we exchanged fun stories from our runs so far, before she went with the group, and i turned around to make my way home.
Made it home after about 2:50+, and i felt great! ended up being 26K-i'll take it! Only funny downside was being sprayed with slush by a passing car about 10 minutes away from home-made for a good laugh.
A quick product plug-if you like the feel of thick Wool socks-i seriously implore you to consider buying a pair of Balega Woolen runner Socks (NorthShoreAthletics-$11.98 before tax)-short cut, lightweight and thin-i wore them this morning, and i got back to find by feet not only warm, but BONE DRY! So yeah, if you like the feel of a thick wool sock, but dont care for the bulkiness of it, you should grab a pair or three!!!
To wrap up my entry for this weekend, i went to my first swim class for the Tri clinic tonight-very cool. Things to definitely work on-it has been quite some time since ive had anything swim-lesson-like. in any case i enjoyed it! And now i will take tomorrow OFF from any workouts outside of possibly walking the dog should the rain diminish the snow levels enough!!
I'll end today with a funny slogan i saw on the side of a building during my run this morning between Esplanade and 3rd:
"Thief steals calendar-gets twelve months"
I had to smile at that.
Best wishes to all for the week!
-Noel
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