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I snowshoed twice this week for 4.2 miles.
I ran 5 times this week for 13.82 miles.
I didn't bike this week.
I took 44,525 steps this week according to my Garmin Venu smartwatch.
My Venu 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.
RUNNING/BIKING: I am running shorter now (about 2 to 4 miles) at a nice and easy pace. I am happy to be able to run. I no longer push to get to 100 miles/month. I wear a Buff when I am out so I can slip it up when I approach someone. BTW, I am on a 228 day streak of either a walk, run or bike (as of Saturday night, 2/6).
I took 44,525 steps this week according to my Garmin Venu smartwatch.
My Venu 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.
RUNNING/BIKING: I am running shorter now (about 2 to 4 miles) at a nice and easy pace. I am happy to be able to run. I no longer push to get to 100 miles/month. I wear a Buff when I am out so I can slip it up when I approach someone. BTW, I am on a 228 day streak of either a walk, run or bike (as of Saturday night, 2/6).
COVID-19: I work for Ricoh as a Site Leader. I work mostly from home now. I support the 169 Ricoh printers in the four L3Harris SAS buildings. I can remotely monitor them. I am required to wear a cloth mask when I enter any L3Harris building (actually when I exit my car in the parking lot) and also pass an automated temperature test before I can enter a turnstile. I also wear a cloth mask whenever I enter any public building ... like Wegmans or BJs. I realize that a cloth mask isn't a N95 mask but it's better than nothing. I don't have disposable gloves so I wear light running gloves. News links about gloves and clothing here, here and here. I don't want to spread COVID-19 if I am asymptotic (heaven forbid) nor do I want to catch it because someone isn't wearing a mask of their own. Remember ... wear your mask! It isn't a political statement! We are NY Tough!
Sunday, 2/7/2021
5253 steps, 50/115 resting/peak HR, 179.8 lbs, 12 floors climbed
snowshoe walk: 2.1 miles, 43:40, 20:49, 79 feet elevation gain, 103/121 avg/max HR, 94 avg cadence, 25F, 62% RH, 5 to 21 WSW wind, wind chill 19F, mostly cloudy
I felt very sluggish so I didn't get out until after noon. I didn't know what to do so I decided to do a nice and easy snowshoe. Well ... the snow had other plans. What? Well ... the snow was mostly crusty so it took more energy to walk. Some sections were deep. I just clumped along. I did run about 1/4 mile when I was along Greenleaf Rd. My splits were: 21:56, 19:35 and 21:53 over the last 0.1 mile.
Later I watched Super Bowl LV. It was the first Super Bowl where the home team was actually the home team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who were facing the Kansas City Chiefs. The betting public thought the Chiefs -3 and the over of 55.5 were the bets to place. Well ... I just thought they were wrong. Well ... Brady was Brady and the Bucs won 31-9. Brady has been in 10 Super Bowls and won 7 (6 with the Patriots and 1 with Tampa Bay). He has been Super Bowl 5 times (4 with the Patriots and 1 with Tampa Bay).
Monday, 2/8/2021
7649 steps, 51/135 resting/peak HR, 7:56 hrs sleep, 180.8 lbs, 12 floors climbed
run: 2.01 miles, 19:06, 9:31 pace, 85 feet elevation gain, 129/140 avg/max HR, 154 avg cadence, 8F, 73% RH, 5 to 18 mph SW wind, wind chill -6F, cloudy
Well ... it was a bit chilly this morning. But ... a run needed to be done. So ... I dressed in about all the cold weather running gear that I had: CW-X tights, shorts, long sleeve tech, Craft long sleeve pullover, Brooks 1/4 zip long sleeve pullover, balaclava, Brooks beanie, GRTC neck gaiter, ski mittens and ski googles. I wore my Salomon SpeedCross 4 trail shoes for traction on the LOSP Trail and the sidewalk on Latta Rd. No worries ... I ran slow since I had so much clothes on. I did warm up a bit even on a 2 mile run with a sub-zero wind chill. My splits were: 9:32 and 9:17.
Tuesday, 2/9/2021
6545 steps, 47/136 resting/peak HR, 8:12 hrs sleep, 181.7 lbs, 16 floors climbed
run: 2.01 miles, 18:36, 9:17 pace, 79 feet elevation gain, 129/139 avg/max HR, 156 avg cadence, 20F, 100% RH, 2 to 5 WSW wind, cloudy with light snow
It was a bit warmer so I didn't need as much clothes this morning. I decided on the fly to not do a snowshoe but do a run ... just to get out there and get it done. A light snow was falling when I started out. It was pretty in my headlamp. Just a nice and easy pace on my "Out to Stutson St Overlook" route. My splits were: 9:22 and 9:09.
Wednesday, 2/10/2021
4379 steps, 45/136 resting/peak HR, 8:24 hrs sleep, 181.4 lbs, 12 floors climbed
run: 2.30 miles, 19:41, 8:33 pace, 85 feet elevation gain, 130/140 avg/max HR, 160 avg cadence, 16F, 77% RH, 7 to 15 mph SSW wind, wind chill 6F, mostly cloudy
Today's morning was an all road run. I had on my Salomon SpeedCross 4 trail shoes because I fully intended to head out on my "Out to Stutson St Overlook" and would have needed the traction on the snow-covered LOSP Trail and the Latta Rd sidewalk. But ... I got to the point where I turn left to go trail (for about 100 yards) to where I go through the hole in the fence along the LOSP Trail and turned right instead. That kept on the road in Greenleaf Meadows. Then I headed north on Greenleaf Rd until Beach Ave. I could see no waves on Lake Ontario when I got to the end of Greenleaf Rd. My trail shoes were entirely unneeded since the road and shoulders were 99% clear. My splits were faster: 8:34, 8:33 and 8:22 over the last 0.3 mile. So ... a slight negative split.
Thursday, 2/11/2021
7145 steps, 45/139 resting/peak HR, 8:32 hrs sleep, 179.9 lbs, 12 floors climbed
run: 3.50 miles, 33:20, 9:30 pace, 92 feet elevation gain, 131/143 avg/max HR, 156 avg cadence, 20F, 98% RH, calm, cloudy with light snow
Well ... trail shoes can only help so much with traction in the winter. I headed out on my "Out by the pier" route. There was a light snow falling as I headed out. I did slip kind of often on the bare section of the Latta sidewalk, the road around the pier and the sidewalk on Lake Ave. Well ... I hit a patch of ice just before the Lake Ave Post Office and fell. It was slip on left foot, slip on right foot and ... down on my right side. I bounced back up, dusted myself off, made sure that all my parts still worked and continued onward. I did run a bit cautiously when I encountered bare sections of sidewalk that had a thin layer of snow. My trail shoes gave me traction on the snow covered sections. Anyway ... I am fine. My splits were: 9:21, 9:01, 9:46 and 9:45 over the last 0.5 mile.
Friday, 2/12/2021
6189 steps, 49124 resting/peak HR, 9 floors climbed
snowshoe walk: 2.1 miles, 40:17, 19;12 pace, 66 feet elevation gain, 115/131 avg/max HR, 103 avg cadence, 10F, 78% RH, 5 to 22 mph SSE wind, wind chill 1F, cloudy
I got out on my snowshoes for a before sunrise walk/run around the Lakeshore Country Club. It was cold so I wore pretty much all my cold weather gear: CW-X tights, shorts, Craft long sleeve pullover, Brooks 1/4 zip long sleeve pullover, Brooks jacket, balaclava, Brooks beanie, ski mittens and ski googles. I increased my pace to a fast shuffle when I could to keep warm. Once I got past the club house I ran all the way down Greenleaf Rd (about 1/3 mile). I got passed by a runner who was running on Greenleaf Rd. We exchanged "Morning". I saw a car in the ditch by Ling Rd. It appeared that she slid to the right into the ditch while trying to turn left onto Ling Rd. When I turned left to head along the south edge of the LCC I saw a brief patch of red clouds before sunrise. I got to a place where I could have taken a picture but thought "Naw, I will get to another place that has a clearer view." Well ... 3 minutes later when I got to a place opposite our townhouse ... the clouds were just grey. How quickly the sky changed! Lesson learned. My splits were: 19:00, 19:17 and 20:28 over the last 0.1 mile.
Saturday, 2/13/2021
7365 steps,
run: 4.0 miles, 36:23, 9:06 pace, 118 feet elevation gain, 134/150 avg/max HR, 158 avg cadence, 13F, 80% RH, 5 to 16 SSE wind, wind chill 5F, cloudy
I got out for a longer Saturday morning run. I chose the "Out by the pier and around" route. It was about 1 mile trail run on the LOSP Trail and snow-covered sidewalk and 3 miles of road. I dressed for the weather ... no need to detail it. I wear variations of the same things all winter. My splits were: 9:26, 9:12, 9:11 and 8:31 pace.
The picture above showed up in my Facebook feed. It was taken 3 or 4 years ago when we visited Christine father, John Wisniewski, on his 96th or 97th birthday. I liked to listen to his stories about WWII. We didn't spend enough time with him .... RIP.
