Sun, 12/12: 5 miles, 36:44, 7:21 pace, 40F, cloudy, 3 mini stops, no pain.
CJ and I went out to Spencerport for the first of six Freezeroos. This one was a 5 miler. I went out hard: mile 1 in 6:36 (at least that's what was shouted out), mile 2 in 14:10, mile 3 in 21:04. I broke down a bit in mile 4 and did 3 mini walks to catch my breath. I got back into a slow jog and gutted out to the finish in 36:44 which is my fastest 5 mile of the year and just 5 sec off my lifetime PR back in 2008. I was 48th out of 175, results here. I was 4th out of 23 in my age group, results here.
After we got back, we did the rest of our laundry ... towels, bed sheets and my running clothes. CJ made a nice supper of ribs and sweet potatoes. Amazingly, the Buffalo Bills won the third game of the season against the Cleveland Browns.Mon, 12/13: Rest day. A return to winter, temp fell to 12F with a wind chill of 0F during the day.
Tue, 12/14: 5.5 miles, 46:40, 8:29 pace, 16F, night, light snow, just a bit of a breeze, 1 mini stop, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Out to the Zoo, 2 times around the pond.
Winter fun ... 4 inches of snow fell during the night, 4 more inches fell during the day, in the low teens all day. A truly horrible day to drive. I must have spent at least 2 hours in my car driving between buildings. I had no desire to get back into my car to drive down to Fleet Feet. So after a bit of procrastination I put on my running gear and headed out to the Seneca Park Zoo, then 2 times around the pond and back. I put on the pair of YakTrak Walkers that CJ bought me for traction. I warmed up pretty quickly. A sweet run!
CJ had a mug of hot chocolate ready for me when I got back! We had the usual pasta dinner. Later ... dutch apple pie a la mode! Mmmm!
Wed, 12/15: 2.5 miles, 26:19, 10:32 pace, 22F, night, a bit windy, 1 stop, no pain
CJ and I went down to Cobbs Hill for Snow Cheap #1 with about 180 other fellow runners. I ran in the no showshoes category, just my trail shoes and YakTraks Pro. The start was blinding ... lots of snowshoes kick up lots of snow! I settled into a rhythm once we strung out. I followed a snowshoe runner for a while ... he packed down the snow for me. When a girl passed him I took off after her. We picked off some runners with a nice pace. When we broke into the clear for the finish 3 guys past me like I was standing still. I finished 17th out of 97 runners, results here. I finished 1st out of 8 in my 50-59 age group, results here. Another great event put on by my home around from home, Fleet Feet!
Thu, 12/16: Rest day. I set out our Christmas decorations. CJ helped put up the lights. It looks nice!
Fri, 12/17: 6.7 miles, 54:28, 8:20 pace, 28F, night, a bit windy, no stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for Out to the Zoo, 3 times around the pond
I needed to run. I thought about heading out to run up Winona but decided that the road would be too slushy. So I went to the tried and true route out to the Seneca Park Zoo and around the pond. The road at the zoo and around the pond was mostly packed snow with some bare patches but very runnable at my pace. Sweet!
Sat, 12/18: Rest day.
Just a lazy day. CJ baked up a pound of bacon while I made the toast, cut the tomato and lettuce. So we had luscious BLTs with apple pie a la mode for dessert.
