Every day is a new day

Now there is almost three feet of snow on the ground.  We have road graders for snow plows in this town.  All the snow must be dumped in the ocean.  Needless to say the streets are almost unusable for cars or runners. 

To change up the treadmill routine I did a 2 mile warmup at 9:00/ mile, then ran a fast ( for me) mile at 6:45/ mile with a .25 jog, then a graduated three miles going from 8:30/ mile down to 6:45/ mile with a smooth speed increase ave 7:40 and finally almost a mile cooldown at 9:00.  Total time 1:01.  Average HR 148 ( 120-166)

I thought it might be time to make a change in my training routine.  Since I recently got a logging HR monitor I thought training  by HR was worth a try, even if only for a change of pace.

It seems I was running my easy/long runs too fast and my interval/tempo runs too slow, at least according to average HR.

So in light of the above ran 7.1 easy at 9:12/ mile for an average HR of 138.

Exactly the same as yesterday. 

7.1 miles at a 9:12 pace. Average HR 136.

Quite the winter.  Still way too much snow to run anywhere plus winds to 50 mph the rest of the week.  I am promising myself no more treadmills once spring arrives.

Did a series of progression runs from 8:15 down to 6:30. With a warm up and cool down the total was 7.3 miles in 58 minutes. Average HR 149.

Easy day on the treadmill.  Sunny but cold and windy( 8 degrees and wind 35+).  Two more feet of snow expected in the next 36 hours, but turning to rain by Monday and then rain all next week.  The good news is that should allow running outside by Wednesday.

Today was a recovery easy day of 7.3 miles in 65 minutes for an 8:54 pace.  Ave HR 137.

Where do I start?  Let's see winds 45 gusting to 60. Blowing snow and ice fog.  No plowing for 36 hours. Oh yeah 12 degrees.  Could not risk a boat ride to town for the treadmill.

That left jogging around the island trails with snow shoes.  So that is todays workout. On a perceved effort basis slow jogging in deep snow with snowshoes is easily as difficult as marathon paced running.

The good news is the weather is changing and it is expected to rain all week!