Every day is a new day

I was really looking forward to running outdoors today.  Of course the weather had other ideas.  My skiff ride to town was truely by memory as it was snowing so hard that visability was less than 100 yards.  Kept up all morning, so I resigned myself to the treadmill.  Being a weekend the only gym in town was packed and the half hour rule was in effect for the treadmills.  After my half was up I noticed people waiting so no luck. Frustrated by only getting warmed up, I put on my long pants and coat and ran the short park loop in the heavy snow.  End result 7 easy miles total time 1:02 including the costume change.

Just for a change I started ( after a warm up) with 2 miles in 15:00 then slowed down to recovery pace for 49:00.  Park trail was quite slippery in spots but all in not too bad.  Wind came up and kept getting hit on the head with ice falling off the Spruce and Hemlock trees.

All and all a good year.  January and February were mostly non running months.  Started a regular and continuous program in mid March.  Ended up just shy of 1600 miles.  I plan on 2200-2400 miles for this year and hope for continued improvement at all distances.  Plan on making sure I fall no further behind my high school junior running son.

Happy New Year to all!

Thought New Years Day was a good day for an easy morning run.  Ran the park loops for 1:30:30.  Nothing special except I had the park to myself as it was blowing about 40mph.  A good relaxing first run of the new year.

Heavy rain and icy roads lead me back to the treadmill today.  Not very crowded so got my full time in do do an easy day run.  No issues besides bordom.  Total time 1:09:10.

Beautiful day!  Sun peeking out through the clouds with only occasional rain with temp around 40.  perfect day for a road run.

I had forgotten the value of music during harder workouts.  i wore my i-pod today and felt good even during the faster/hilly parts.  It does make a difference.

Ran a total of 9.1 miles with miles 2,4 and 7 at an average of 7:00/mile ( 7:20, 6:40 and 7:00) and miles 1,3,5,6,8 and 9 at 8:45/ mile for a total of 1:14:00.  Good solid workout for me anyway.

Beautiful not a cloud in the sky type of day. Snow covered moutains and volcano, calm expanse of the ocean and the national forest that surrrounds our town make this place amazing.

Obviously there was no other choice but an outside run.  Temps in the teens made a slow easy pace run a bit chilly but a small price to pay for the view.

A little sore from yesterday encouraged me not to add any speed miles today.

Nothing exciting today.  Did an out and back to Whale Park, (yes you usually can see a whale or two- none today however), at an average of 8:44/mile.  Legs were sore the whole run.  Even  though the number of miles was not that high this week, I just realized this was the seventh day in a row I ran.  Rest day it is for tomorrow!

Weather was nice, overcast 32-33 degrees with almost no wind.  Icy in spots on the edge of the road.  Way more traffic than usual, maybe because I ran later in the day.