Miles...12/26-1/6

A mileage update to catch up to today:

12/26- PM: 6 miles, easy/moderate pace

12/27-9.2 miles total with 5x1000 meter (1 lap recovery): 3:21; 3:18; 3:19; 3:13; 3:09.  Good start to my return to workouts.

12/28- AM: 4 miles, easy
            PM: 6.5 miles, easy/moderate

12/29-Commute to work, 20 mile ride back, 25 miles total

12/30-AM: 4 miles, easy

12/31-10.5 miles, comfortable pace with about 15 other people, good New Years Eve run

1/1-9 miles with the Resolution Run 5K, 16:44

Total: 49.2 miles run, 25 miles biked


1/2- AM: 8 miles total, easy/moderate

1/3- PM: 10 miles total with a ladder: 400m, 800m, 1200m, 1600m, 1200m, 800m, 400m with half the distance for rest.  It was cold and real windy for this workout, my first true winter weather run.  Splits: 75, 2:31, 3:45, 5:11, 3:48, 2:29, 72.  The mile was a tad slow, but overall a solid workout given the conditions.

1/4-AM: 4 miles, easy extremely cold, 16 degrees.  That beats the previous coldest run I've done (ignoring windchill) by 3 degrees.  Even though the forecast claimed there was wind, I didn't feel it.  This actually felt better than 25 degrees with 15mph winds on a track from the previous day.

      PM: 7 miles, easyish pace, much warmer, in the 30s.

1/5-Rest

1/6-PM: 7 miles, easy/moderate


On tap for the weekend is a 6 mile run and a 14 miler to bring the week to the mid 50s.  I'm not cranking out as many hard miles as I have in the past this early on.  I've got the 1 workout a week going, the long runs for now are staying easy no fancy progression runs or anything of the sort.  For now, it's just about coaxing the weekly mileage up.  Other than some lingering minor abdominal cramps (probably need more water and/or need to get used to cold air), and some skin that has completely rubbed off my left heel leaving raw exposed skin, I feel pretty strong.

I was going to run a 5 mile race today, but the venue changed last minute and it will neither be much of a road race, nor is it guaranteed to be anywhere near 5 miles.  Given that I'm picking and choosing my spots, I'm opting instead for a hilly more accurate fully on roads 8 miler next week.