Monday, 2/23/2015: A full rest day.
The day after the Lake Effect Half Marathon (LEHM) ... a bit achy in my thighs and Achilles tendons. I found that if I had sat for a while that I limped for about 100 yards before I could get my legs walking normally. My thighs were a bit tight when I walked down stairs.
I had a "well" doctor appointment at 7:40AM. I was double-teamed by my regular doctor and a fourth year resident. My stats were: BP was 121/76, my pulse was 61, height was still 6' 4", my weight at home was 174.6 (I could lose 10 pounds).
Tuesday, 2/24/2015: 7.2 miles, 1:02:03, 8:37 pace, 27F, 26% RH, 9 mph SW wind, wind chill 18F, partly cloudy.
Garmin Connect for Cobbs Hill run, 2 Ys and 3 loops
I needed to run miles to get to 100 miles by the end of the month. So I loaded enough gear to run either inside or outside. It was 25F so I decided to run outside. There was a Fleet Feet Cobbs Hill workout I went down to Fleet Feet Armory. I went in to look at the winter sale (didn't find anything) and said "Hi" to Chris O'Brien. He said that his plan was to run 7:30 pace for 6 miles. He was going to run up on the reservoir 0.69 mile loop. I told him that I was going to run hills on the reservoir road. I headed up and found that the sidewalk had not been plowed and was tough to run on. When I got up to Cobbs Hill I just ran easy ... 2 loops, then 2 Ys and another loop. I took the long way back to the Armory via Highland Ave, Cobbs Hill Drive, Hillside Drive and Norris Drive. It's hard to believe but it actually felt warm.
When I got home I learned that Freezeroo #6, a 10K which was going to held in Ontario, was canceled. The Ontario Town Supervisor had told GRTC that the roads were not going to be safe, link here.
Wednesday, 2/25/2015: 6.2 miles on the treadmill
It had turned colder yet again ... down to 13F. So I went to the dreadmill at LA Fitness again. I endured 6.2 miles with 90% of it at 7:30 pace. My LEHM short sleeve tech shirt was drenched with sweat when I got done.
Thursday, 2/26/2015: 6.2 miles on the tradmill
Still cold ... 12F but almost no wind. So another night to the treadmill at LA Fitness again. I ran 6.2 miles at 8:00 pace. Another sweaty short sleeve tech shirt instead of slipping and sliding outside and freezing my face off.
Friday, 2/27/2015: Rest day ... needed after 3 days of running.
Saturday, 2/28/2015: 9.3 miles, 1:18:22, 8:24 pace, -2F, 77% RH, 8 mph SW wind, wind chill -17F, bright sun
Garmin Connect Activity for A Subzero 15F
I wore up a bit early at 5:50AM due to my darling wife, Christine. She was snoring ... but no matter. I had my alarm set for 6:05AM anyway since I needed to run. I did the dishes from last night and ate breakfast. I found that the temperature was 0F so I dressed warmly. I wore my usual CW-X tights and GRTC shorts on the botttom. I wore 3 layers on top: my heavy Sugoi long sleeve tech, my medium Brooks long sleeve tech and 1/4 zip Brooks long sleeve pullover. I paired it with my full balaclava, Brooks beanie and ski mittens. I waddled outside ... just kidding! I stuck up a nice and easy pace as I headed out on my usual 10K route. I mixed it up a bit by heading down and back up Chapel Hill Drive. The footing was good: the main streets were clear and the side streets were covered with hard packed snow. The miles just clipped along. It was a bit chilly on my face when I turned into the wind. My thighs were a bit tough when I get done. My splits were: 8:27, 8:24, 8:21, 8:21, 8:39, 8:34, 8:28, 8:25, 8:21 and 7:48 over the last 0.3 mile.
So ... I got to 102.5 miles for the month of February. I needed 20 runs to get there: 4 were warmup runs of 0.43, 1, 4.5 and 0.5 miles; 3 were snowshoe run of 2.5, 2.05 and 2.45 miles; 4 were treadmills run of 6.2 miles each, 4 were races (Snow Cheap #4, Freezeroo #5, Snow Cheap #5 and the Lake Effect Half Marathon). It was a struggle to continue my streak of 18 months of at least 100 miles per month.
A bit later after some coffee, a bagel and a shower I headed back out to meet up with my youngest son, David, at the Blue Cross Arena. His landlord had given him a couple of tickets to the Rochester Razorsharks - Philadelphia Flight basketball game, links here and here. The local Canandiagua senior, Courtney Wagner, who is battling stage IV brain cancer, was signed to a one day contract with the team.
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| Courtney Wagner on her way to dunking for the first two points of the game - photo courtesy of the D&C |
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| The twitter hashtag #getcourtneytoellen was everywhere! |
David and I had supper at Famous Dave's along with some pleasant conversation. Mmm ... tasty!
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| I had a 1/2 slab of ribs while David had a pulled pork chickens sandwich |
I did find a lot of winter memes from Facebook. Some (one was NSFW) were quite amusing!
A Schuyler County musician by the name of Scott B Adams composed a song by the title of "Suck It Up, It's Winter" about winter, link here.
