Training in Montana

Started feeling crappy Friday night so skipped my long run Saturday and layed around all weekend then slept in today till 10 am & stayed home from work. Still feel rough at 7:30 pm. Ugh. Wish I knew what I had. No fever just general malaise. Legs feel like 100 lbs.

Wahoo! Back to running. Felt better on Wednesday night so went to work Thursday finally. Took it easy that day as I wasn't sure how my body was. Ran today at lunch and felt great. Started at 5.0 to gauge my body, and no problems so up to 6.0 for a while and I got a big side ache, probably from hot chocolate I drank too late in the morning. Had to walk (and belch) a bit and then was able to run with no problems. Did a mini progression run the last mile, ending with the last 0.2 at 8.3 mph. Felt really good. Hoping for 6-8 tomorrow. Nothing too strenuous.

Noon: 6 TM miles in my basement with a fire in the wood burning stove. Thankfully the TM has a built in fan or I would have melted. I kept it pretty slow, starting at a 5.0 mph then at a 6.0 until 4 miles. Bumped to 6.5 for mile 5, then 7.0 for the last mile. Good run. Listening to an interesting book right now.

2:00: 4 miles outside in the snow. 13 degrees ambient temp; -2 with the wind chill. Wore lotsa layers and I was warm enough. For my sake, I wore calf compression socks, long johns, tights, and wind-proof pants on bottom plus normal socks with thick winter socks on top (shoes too big - perfect for winter). On top wore a short sleeve tech shirt, thick long sleeve zip neck tech shirt, thin long sleeve zip neck tech shirt, fleece vest, running jacket. Neck gaiter, thin hat, and ear warming headband. Thin gloves inside thin windproof mittens. I was a bit warm with no wind but with the wind it was perfect.