Training in Montana

Schedule called for 9 miles today but I did not feel like running. Legs felt like lead, I was tired and in general didn't feel well. Took a 2 hour nap at Noon and was still tired most of the day. Later I started feeling better, thank goodness. I was happy that it was a bank holiday and I work at a bank as I likely would have taken a sick day anyhow.

4 TM miles after a 5 day layoff. Kept it fairly light, running at 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and last mile 7.5 mph. Felt pretty good afterwards.

6 X hills and with wind and crud outside I ran on the TM at my house. First 3 were 7% incline, 7 mph. Next 2 8% incline, 7 mph, last 1 9% incline, 7 mph. I should've gone with 9% for the hills as that most simulated doing hills outside (when I was gasping for air).

Legs were a bit sore before running, which is so odd that only 4 miles did that.

1 warmup mile, 9 MP miles on the TM at home. It was tough as I clearly lost some fitness by not running for 5 days. At the 5 mile mark of the pace run I decided I needed to walk. Set the pace to 4 mph and walked for a stretch. I thought about quitting entirely at that point but decided to try it out and go for the finish. The pace felt much easier after the break and I was able to get through the run with no problems.

14 outside, 5 on the TM. 15-20 degrees outside, 3" of fresh snow. Thankfully someone had driven on the road so i had a path to follow. It's no fun running in deepish snow so that made the run nice. It was cold enough that I figured 2 hours outside was enough so I turned around at the 7 mile mark. Headed home and changed and ran on the treadmill while watching The Wolverine. Good flick. Weird to watch people running and chasing while I was running.