Sunday 3:30 am start
6.7 mi /10.78 km
32 F / 0C
Woke up earlier than I wanted to--ate too many spicy cashews at the family dance party the night before.
[...]
Then I lay in bed going over my options:
1.) go back to sleep.
2.) run-commute to my office.
3.) do my front st routine.
4.) go on a mezzo run.
I didn't run Saturday, so I kinda wanted to do a make-up run. Otherwise it would be too long between last Thursday's long run and this coming Tuesday's mezzo run. But that would mean doing a double-day at some point this week in order to get in my three regular runs and four st sessions. I decided mis' well do it today. So I headed out with the idea of running 3-4 miles on my way to the office, and then lift when I came back in the afternoon.
It had been a week or two since I did a mezzo or macro run early in the morning. The moon was beautiful, the sky pretty clear, the air cool and crisp, the streets and sidewalks mostly dry. With temps around freezing, I put on my sweat pants for the first time since last spring, and broke out my Merino turtle neck 'tech top' to layer on top of my Merino t-shirt.
The ground was a little frosty, and my feet got a little numb in spots, but it felt great to be running again, after a day off, and three days since my 16-miler on Thursday. So I extended the intended run by a few miles. Nobody around so I ran out in the middle of the streets at least half the time. I really like how the macro runs make the mezzo distances seem so reasonable.
Someone's lawn sprinkler provided me with an ice-cold puddle. Yum. Gotta keep the grass green for as long as possible I guess.
6.7 mi /10.78 km
32 F / 0C
Woke up earlier than I wanted to--ate too many spicy cashews at the family dance party the night before.
[...]
Then I lay in bed going over my options:
1.) go back to sleep.
2.) run-commute to my office.
3.) do my front st routine.
4.) go on a mezzo run.
I didn't run Saturday, so I kinda wanted to do a make-up run. Otherwise it would be too long between last Thursday's long run and this coming Tuesday's mezzo run. But that would mean doing a double-day at some point this week in order to get in my three regular runs and four st sessions. I decided mis' well do it today. So I headed out with the idea of running 3-4 miles on my way to the office, and then lift when I came back in the afternoon.
It had been a week or two since I did a mezzo or macro run early in the morning. The moon was beautiful, the sky pretty clear, the air cool and crisp, the streets and sidewalks mostly dry. With temps around freezing, I put on my sweat pants for the first time since last spring, and broke out my Merino turtle neck 'tech top' to layer on top of my Merino t-shirt.
The ground was a little frosty, and my feet got a little numb in spots, but it felt great to be running again, after a day off, and three days since my 16-miler on Thursday. So I extended the intended run by a few miles. Nobody around so I ran out in the middle of the streets at least half the time. I really like how the macro runs make the mezzo distances seem so reasonable.
Someone's lawn sprinkler provided me with an ice-cold puddle. Yum. Gotta keep the grass green for as long as possible I guess.