Training in Montana

New month, new life. Or not. Ran outside, great conditions. 29F with no wind, mostly overcast. Wore my tights and 1/4 zip warm running shirt, perfect, plus hat and gloves. Running outside trumps TM which we all know but I haven't done much outdoors the past few months.

AP: 7:45

January I did 84.5 miles which is the highest mileage since the 52 mile race in June. I'm ready to up my mileage.

4 TM miles at the Y at Noon plus a cool down. Watched another episode of Arrow. Totally realistic which is the best part. Arrows trump bullets always.

I'm writing this a few days later and I can't remember what I actually did today, but I'm pretty sure I went to the Y at lunchtime and I wasn't feeling it. I ran a bit, I walked a bit, ran a bit, then walked at a 10-15% incline for a bit and finally got to 3 miles but it was like pulling teeth. Only no blood at the end.

I needed to go into work on Saturday which is very rare for me, but I needed to get organized as that's something I've not paid attention to for far too long. Organized my office as best I could, threw away a bunch of stuff, and tried to do a few things more but that's all I got. That took a good 4+ hours, so then I went to the Y. My family was just leaving so that stunk, but they weren't heading home so I ran on the TM and watched shows on Netflix for a while. 6 miles felt good. I probably could've done 8 but I didn't have any easy running foods and it was 3 pm and I hadn't eaten lunch so I stopped. Did my arms workout then 30 push-ups (hard after doing arms) then 30 sit-ups. BTW, doing my hamstring stretches regularly after running has really helped. In the past year my hammies have gotten really tight when ramping up the mileage but stretching has helped. I normally don't stretch ever otherwise. No proof it helps means one less thing I worry about.