Thursday afternoon. Supposed to be my lower body st workout. Scratched. Not enough energy for heavy lifts.
Friday afternoon
3.8 mi / 6 km running
4.3 mi / 6.9 km total
14 F / -10 C
-7 F / -21 C windchill
Still feeling a bit under the weather, mostly due to lack of sleep taking care of other sick members of the family. Man, this has been a terrible flu season. I've lost all bragging rights to "I almost never get sick."
I still have a dry cough and some congestion that's hanging on, so I thought it best just to do one fairgrounds loop. I headed out in my Aqua Lites. After 1.3 miles up my street, past the U of M's St. Paul campus, and just inside the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, I did my usual stretching routine at the pillar there. Then I ran my 1.7-mile loop and headed back out to my daughter's school/Discovery Club to pick her up and walk the last half mile home with her on my shoulders. We had to 'borrow' a scarf from the school's lost-n-found to protect her face from the windchill.
I didn't stop to stretch again but felt no sign of ITB tightness, so that's nice. I also managed a decent pace of 9:25 mm for the last two and half miles of fairly relaxed, continuous running. Today I'll do my shoulders-n-lats st workout, maybe a micro-run to keep the legs loose, and then add another 1.7-mile loop to my run on Sunday. Hopefully I'll be able build up to and do my 7.4-mile route to Como Lake and back as a nearly continuous run sometime soon.
At the top of my loop I saw folks beginning work on their snow sculptures for the St. Paul Winter Carnival this weekend. On Sunday's run I'll see them completed. It'll probably be warm enough to run barefoot on Sunday, so I'll be sure to pass by that area during the judging. Maybe that will make a good photo for YOW's Winter Challenge.
And everyone can see what I look like in real life.
Friday afternoon
3.8 mi / 6 km running
4.3 mi / 6.9 km total
14 F / -10 C
-7 F / -21 C windchill
Still feeling a bit under the weather, mostly due to lack of sleep taking care of other sick members of the family. Man, this has been a terrible flu season. I've lost all bragging rights to "I almost never get sick."
I still have a dry cough and some congestion that's hanging on, so I thought it best just to do one fairgrounds loop. I headed out in my Aqua Lites. After 1.3 miles up my street, past the U of M's St. Paul campus, and just inside the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, I did my usual stretching routine at the pillar there. Then I ran my 1.7-mile loop and headed back out to my daughter's school/Discovery Club to pick her up and walk the last half mile home with her on my shoulders. We had to 'borrow' a scarf from the school's lost-n-found to protect her face from the windchill.
I didn't stop to stretch again but felt no sign of ITB tightness, so that's nice. I also managed a decent pace of 9:25 mm for the last two and half miles of fairly relaxed, continuous running. Today I'll do my shoulders-n-lats st workout, maybe a micro-run to keep the legs loose, and then add another 1.7-mile loop to my run on Sunday. Hopefully I'll be able build up to and do my 7.4-mile route to Como Lake and back as a nearly continuous run sometime soon.
At the top of my loop I saw folks beginning work on their snow sculptures for the St. Paul Winter Carnival this weekend. On Sunday's run I'll see them completed. It'll probably be warm enough to run barefoot on Sunday, so I'll be sure to pass by that area during the judging. Maybe that will make a good photo for YOW's Winter Challenge.
I always wonder how people look in real life. You never really know.
And everyone can see what I look like in real life.
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