Sunday, 1/26/2020 to Saturday, 2/1/2020

My left IT band appears to be healed. I stretch before and after each run ... usually.
I ran 2 times for 11.8 miles this week.
I took 37,950 steps this week according to my Garmin Vivoactive HR (VA-HR) smartwatch.
My VA-HR gives me steps, heart rate, hours slept and floors climbed (take those last 2 data points with a grain of salt).
My Withings WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer scale gives my weight.

Sunday, 1/26/2020

12174 steps, 47/141 resting/peak HR, 7:55 hrs sleep, 6 floors climbed
run: 7.77 miles,1:06:26, 8:33 pace, 134 avg HR, 162 avg cadence, 36F, 82% RH, 15 mph W wind, wind chill 27F, overcast

Well ... today was the 62nd birthday of my darling wife, Christine. I managed to get my pulse up to 124 helping her celebrate it. We are on an external honeymoon you know, lol! .Then ... I went out for my morning run. I wanted a long run so I went to Island Cottage on the LOSP trail and then looped back to the "By the pier" route. The LOSP trail was a bit icy in spots but the roads were OK. I just went by the Ontario Beach Park on Beach Ave and Lake Ave. I was getting a bit tired and sluggish in the last mile. My splits were: 8:24, 8:43, 8:20, 8:17, 8:24, 8:41, 8:59 and 8:34 over the 0.77 mile.

The usual 2 mugs of post run coffee ensued along with a pizza for lunch. Then we headed out to England .. well we watch 2 movies set in England. The first was The Initiation Game set in WWII about breaking the Enigma code. The second was Downton Abbey.

A damper was put on Christine'birthday was the death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter and 7 others in a helicopter crash, link here.

Monday, 1/27/2020: 4534 steps, 51/107 resting/peak HR, 6:35 hrs sleep, 170.5 lbs, 4 floors climbed
Tuesday, 1/28/2020: 433 steps, 54/85 resting/peak HR, 8:32 hrs sleep, 2 floors climbed
Wednesday, 1/29/2020: 452 steps, 48/86 resting/peak HR, 9:08 hrs sleep, 171.6 lbs, 2 floors climbed
Thursday, 1/30/2020: 7429 steps, 50/124 resting/peak HR, 7:34 hrs sleep, 173.7 lbs, 6 floors climbed
Friday, 1/31/2020: 4974 steps, 50/107 resting/peak HR, 7:17 hrs sleep, 172.8 lbs, 4 floors climbed

So ... why no runs? I came down with a cold on Monday and stayed home from work on Tuesday and Wednesday. I suffered through work on Thursday and Friday.

Well ... it's the end of January so it's stat time!

I ran 16 times in January for 64.57 miles, 4.04 miles/run.
I ran 4 races in January:
 1/1 Freezeroo #2 7.55 miles, 1:02:34, 8:17 pace
 1/5 Polar Cat #1 2.98 miles, 22:38, 7:35 pace
 1/11 Freezeroo #3 5.07 miles, 40:42, 8:01
 1/25 Freezeroo #4 4.88 miles, 38:33, 7:56 pace
I took 260,738 steps during January.

Saturday, 2/1/2020

7954 steps, 49/137 resting/peak HR, 6:44 hrs sleep, 6 floors climbed
run: 4.05 miles, 35:57, 8:52 pace, 131 avg HR, 159 avg cadence, 28F, 89% RH, calm, overcast

I was still not 100% but I dragged myself out for a real gentle run. I chose my "2/3 of the LOSP trail" route and just took it nice and easy. I got it done. My splits were: 9:19, 8:36, 8:49 and 8:49.