I snowshoed once this week, 1.05 miles.
I ran 5 times this week, 24.47 miles.
I didn't bike indoors this week.
I didn't bike outdoors this week.
I took 68,169 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.
WALKING/RUNNING/BIKING: I am back to short walks (1.5 miles), runs (< 6.2 miles) or bike rides (< 20 miles). A run or a bike is better than a walk in my 65-year-old mind but any exercise is good in the end.
WALKING/RUNNING/BIKING: I am back to short walks (1.5 miles), runs (< 6.2 miles) or bike rides (< 20 miles). A run or a bike is better than a walk in my 65-year-old mind but any exercise is good in the end.
BTW, I am on a 970 day streak of either a walk, run or bike of greater than 1 mile (as of Saturday night, 2/18). There were more than a few days when a mile was all I could walk or limp.
Sunday, 2/19/2023
11296 steps, 42/135 resting/max HR, 8:17 hours sleep, 176.1 pounds, 28 floors climbed
Run: 6.76 miles, 1:01:36, 9:07 pace, 110 feet elevation gain, 127/137 avg/max HR, 156/163 avg/max cadence, 36F, 55% RH 7 mph S wind, wind chill 31F cloudy
Shoes: Brooks Launch GTS8 blue - 157.14 miles
I got out a long run today on my "Out to Dewey Ave and around" route. It was a bit above freezing and not really shorts weather but ... I wore shorts and my Brooks 1/4 zip long sleeve pullover anyways. I set up a nice and easy pace but an ache in my left hamstring nagged me for 90% of the run. It only eased off to a mild ache for about a mile in the middle of the run. The ache really made the run not so much fun. Oh well. My splits were 9:32, 9:07, 9:02, 8:57, 8:57, 9:06 and 9:07 over the last 0.76 mile.
Monday, 2/20/2023
7407 steps, 45/102 resting/max HR, 176.3 pounds, 6 floors climbed
Walk: 1.5 miles, 22:44, 15:08 pace, 11 feet elevation gain, 81/95 avg/max HR, 114/121 avg/max cadence, 36F, 69% RH, 3 mph SSW wind, cloudy
Shoes: Brooks Launch GTS8 blue - 158.64 miles
My body needed a rest so I took an easy walk. My splits were 15:14 and 14:57 over the last 0.5 mile.
Tuesday, 2/21/2023
13219 steps, 43/139 resting/max HR, 7:25 hours sleep, 175.6 pounds, 18 floors climbed
Run: 5.55 miles, 50:44, 9:08 pace, 128/145 avg/max HR, 157/168 avg/max cadence, 27F ,80% RH, 5 mph ESE wind, clear
Shoes: Brooks Launch GTS8 blue - 164.19 miles
Alexa woke me up at 5:15 AM but I still didn't get out until a bit after 6 AM. I wanted to go long and the ache in my left hamstring tried to talk me into that. But ... the ache didn't get worse so I tried to enjoy the run as much as I could. I did extend it to more than 5 miles when I headed out to Mann Rd. The colors of the pending sunrise in the east was pretty. I wore my Noxgear Tracer360 vest with its Tracer lamp and my headlamp. I turned off the Tracer lamp and headlamp when I made the turn at Mann Rd. Spring is coming! My splits were 9:23, 9:23, 9:13, 9:02, 8:53 and 8:43 over the last 0.55 mile. I think that is a negative split?
Wednesday, 2/2/2023
10366 steps, 41/138 resting/max HR, 6:45 hours sleeep, 174.5 pounds, 16 floors climbed
Run: 4.55 miles, 41:04, 9:01 pace, 62 feet elevation gain, 127/139 avg/max HR, 156/168 avg/max cadence, 30F, 64% RH 10 mph NNE wind, wind chill 22F cloudy
Shoes: Brooks Launch GTS8 blue - 168.74 miles
I got out for my run just a bit after 6 AM. I had my mind made up to do a 5K on my "Out to Stutson St Overlook" route but I felt OK and turned left at the end of Latta Rd to do my "Out by the pier and around" route. My left hamstring had an ache that seemed worse when I did a heel strike so I concentrated on running more on my toes with proper form. It seemed to help. My splits were 9:41, 9:00, 8:53, 8:49 and 8:28 over the last 0.55 mile.
Thursday, 2/23/2023
3918 steps, 42/96 resting/max HR, 6:34 hours sleep, 177.0 pounds, 4 floors climbed
Walk: 1.2 miles, 21:18 estimated, 17:37 estimated pace, 80/90 resting/max HR, 108/125 avg/max cadence, 28F, 100% RH, 16 mph NE wind, wind chill 17F, overcast
Shoes: Salomon Crossmax trail shoes with screws - 799.06 miles
A couple of inches of wet snow, sleet and freezing rain fell overnight. I woke up at 5:11 AM before my Alexa alarm went off at 5:30 AM. I got up, got dressed and got out for a walk on a safe "Another mile" route. I wore my old Salomon Crossmax trail shoes with screws so I had no traction issues. I crunched through the ice on every step .... sometimes more and sometimes less depending on how thick the ice was under my foot. I forgot to turn on my Garmin until I made my turn at the Spanish Gardens entrance. I guess I was more interested in my footing.
I got out in the afternoon to pound (yes ... pound) and scrape the snow and ice off our cars. I found that there was about 1/4 to 1/3 inch of ice on top of about 2 inches of wet snow and sleet. I found that pounding with the ice scraper handle to crack the ice and then brushing off the chunks of ice worked well. Then I still had to scrape the ice off the windshields and windows. A good upper arm workout.
Friday, 2/24/2023
12501 steps, 41/135 resting/max HR, 7:24 hours sleep, 177.0 pounds, 20 floors climbed
Run: 4.45 miles, 42:12 estimated, 9:29 estimated pace, 53 feet elevation gain, 127/137 avg/max HR, 158/168 avg/max cadence, 25F, 86% RH, 14 mph NNW wind, wind chill 14F, cloudy
Shoes: Salomon SpeedCross 4 trail shoes - 238.29 miles
I got out for a really nice and easy run on my "Out near the pier and around" route. Why estimated time and pace? Well ... I forgot to turn on my Garmin until I had gone a mile. I wore my Salomon SpeedCross 4 trail shoes and I was glad that I did. The parking lot and sidewalk at the Ontario Beach Park was a sheet of ice so I slowed and gingerly ran through it. The roads were plowed pretty well. My splits are from the 3.45 miles route that was recorded: 9:31, 9:37, 9:26 and 9:12 over the last 0.45 mile.
I had to go to another L3Harris building and decided to take a picture of the ice. All the tress were covered in 1/4 to 1/3 inch of ice.
Saturday, 2/25/2023
9462 steps, 41/129 resting/max HR, 8:52 hours sleep, 176.5 pounds, 17 floors climbed
I got up (without Alexa) at 5:38 AM and got out a bit after 8 AM. It was cold and I had on the vast majority of my cold weather gear. My darling wife, Christine, yelled downstairs that I should do a snowshoe since this winter has been so warm. I already had on enough clothing so I got my showshoes and got out there.
Walk: 1.05 miles, 25:11, 24:01 pace, 43 feet elevation gain, 88/105 avg/max HR, 81 avg cadence, 18F, 57% RH, calm, with a bit of snow
Shoes: Salomon SpeedCross 4 trail shoes - 239.34 miles
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| There was about 1/4 to 1/3 inch of ice covered by 1/2 inch of snow. It was quite pretty. |
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| My Dion snowshoes |
Well ... the snowshoe conditions were marginal at best. There was a few inches of snow on top of ice. So ... it was a very loud crunch with every step. I decided to cut the snowshoe walk short and cut across the golf course back home. I found that it are a lot more hills in the middle that I had get through and around if they were too steep. I also found that you could slip on the ice ... even in snowshoes!
Run: 3.16 miles, 29:15, 9:16 pace, 48 feet elevation gain, 122/131 avg/max HR, 156/166 avg/max cadence, 21F, 58% RH, calm with a few flakes of snow
Shoes: Salomon SpeedCross 4 trail shoes - 242.50 miles
I took off my snowshoes and put on my ski mittens since my fingertips were cold from wearing my heavy running gloves. I headed back out at a nice and easy pace. My left hamstring ached a bit. I decided to keep on the road so I ran my "Out to Clematis St" which is on Greenleaf Rd and Beach Ave. It's just an out and back. Boom ... done! My splits were 9:37, 9:05, 9:08 and 8:57 over the last 0.16 mile.
