Sun, 2/6/11: 3.1 miles, 23:11, 7:29 pace, 28F, cloudy, calm, no stops, no pain.
CJ and I headed down to Hopkinton's Point at Mendon Ponds Parkfor the Rochester Roots 5K. I ran well. The road was snow covered and a bit slushy in spots. I finished 8th out of 99, results here. I finished 2nd out of 15 in my age group, results here. CJ walked/ran the 5K also, she finished in 54:42, a PR for her! Way to go!
Sun, 2/6/11: 4 miles, 53:55, 13:29 pace, 28F, cloudy, calm, walked some hills, no pain.
I rested for a bit then put on snowshoes for the first time. I went out and ran the Rochester Roots 4 mile Snowshoe Run, twice around a 2 mile loop. The first quarter mile was congested with trail shoe and snowshoe runners all jockeying for position in foot deep snow ... plus I was trying to figure out how to run in snowshoes. I settled down, remembering that I had to run with my feet farther apart so I wouldn't clip my ankles ... which I still did occasionally. All in all, it was kind of fun ... definitely slower than running in trail shoes. I ran the first loop in 27:30 and the second loop in 26:25. I finished 15th out of 41, results here.
The start ...
The finish ... I was exhausted and thirsty!
After we got home, a nice lunch and afternoon nap ensued. We got up in time to watch an exciting Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, link here ... the commercials were quite good too, link here. All in all, a very busy and satisfying weekend!
Mon, 2/7/11: Rest day.
CJ and I did laundry, nice to have clean clothes ...
Tue, 2/8/11: 6 miles, 54:05, 8:41 pace, 11F, light snow, windy, 2 traffic stops, no pain.
Garmin Connect Activity for FF Cobbs Hill run, 4 loops
Yes, it was only 11F out ... but I headed down to Fleet Feetfor the usual Cobbs Hill run. About 40 fellow Winter Warriors were there. The sidewalk up and back from Cobbs Hill was kind of plowed ... I took it easy. I did loops around the reservior instead of Y's just to be different. I dressed warmly ... almost too much but I just unzipped a bit ... sweet!
Wed, 2/9/11: Rest day.
CJ and I chilled. I converted "The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl" album to MP3, then we watched some DVR'ed episodes of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Castle.
Thu, 2/10/11: Another rest day.
I really wanted to run but I just didn't want to fight sub-zero windchills. Good things did happen though. I scored a slot in the Muddy Sneaker on April 16th, lottery results here. I never run it before. Plus the Lakers beat the Celtics in Boston, 92-86, link here. Turnabout is fair play, eh? The Lakers are 3-0 on their 7 game road trip so far.
Fri, 2/11/11: 5.9 miles, 47:30, 8:08 pace, 20F, clear, calm, 1 traffic stop, no pain.
Garmin Connect for FF Happy Hour run + 2 loops
CJ and I headed down to Fleet Feet for the usual Happy Hour run. I ran easy at first and added 2 loops. It was kinda of warm, 20F, the warmest it had been for a bit. It's amazing but it seemed warm! I ran by the LED speed sign on Highland Ave and got it cranked to between 8 and 9 mph, lol! The upper Monroe Ave sidewalk was icy but manageable. I had to slow down a bit but I still did OK.
Sat, 2/12/11: 8 miles, 1:01:36, 7:42 pace, 25F, cloudy, light snow, a bit windy, no pain.
I headed out to Greece for Freezeroo #5, an 8 miler. I started out fast, 7:10 first mile. The first four miles are under 7:30 pace. When I hit Edgemere Drive, I ran into a 20 mph headwind which slowed and tired me out. I walked for about 100 feet at mile 6. After a bit I realized that I was near the end and gutted it out to the finish. I was 66th out of 216, results here. I was 8th out of 28 in my age group, results here.
Along Edgemere Drive ... with at least a 20mph headwind!
Turning for the finish!
After a nice nap, CJ and I went out to Canton OH. By the time we got out here, I was grouchy ... my left hip and knee ached. Tomorrow we will visit the NFL Hall of Fame and visit her father in Ravenna OH for his 90th birthday.
