Training in Montana

News flash: TM miles are not the same as road miles. I know I just blew nobody's mind, but my quads are telling the story pretty good. My 10 miles on Saturday were the first road miles in a while, up the path I take just about every Saturday when hitting the roads, and my quads never feel sore after only 10 miles. All my TM miles have been at 2% incline and that's helped with a smoother transition to roads than it did last year, but still...I need to do more hills on the TM to better simulate roads.

This morning with it being 5 degrees out and 6+ inches of fresh snow, I decided to once again hit the TM at 2%. My legs weren't thrashed, but definitely not fresh. After tomorrow I'm off for more than a week, so I'll get back to daily road running. Looking forward to getting the legs back into solid shape. Today's effort was a good solid 5 miles. I'm so used to running 4 that going an extra mile is a bit different mentally, but a good different.

Merry Christmas everybody! I hope your day and week is wonderful.

The Y closed at Noon today, and I got there a bit later than planned so I didn't quite make it to 3. Nice to stretch the legs. Quads still a little sore. Feels real. Merry Christmas.

4 tempo miles this afternoon wearing my new Visipro tights and Brooks night life jacket. Awesome gear. The jacket is light but wind proof.

First mile was a bit slow as my road is covered in ice but I wore my ice things so slippage was minimal. Took them off at the main road, which is 3/4 of a mile. Once I ran on dry roads I felt really good. 2nd mile was uphill and into a stiff breeze, but 7:28. Turned around at mile 2 so 3rd mile was downhill with wind at my back. 6:28 for that mile. Last mile I stopped to put on my ice spikes again then coasted home. Nice run.

5.5 miles outside from the Y this morning. Fairly warm but windy in stretches. Felt good.

AP 8:02

11 cold windy miles.