So we did our 16K run today and it was a lot better than what it felt like in summer. I know the weather has lot to do with that, no more I am running out of water. Infact I am not even using any gels. I did take few blocs mostly due to peer pressure but over all I feel really good. I was a bit under the weather today almost to the point wanted to skip the run. I did not and we all went slow and it was really a good run. Last Half Marathon at this time I was already going to a physio for my calf injury. I did get a small pinch this week at same spot as last time but stretching has helped to fix that. Dressing for weather in winter is really hard when it was extreme cold I always felt like I need another layer and today with just a t-Shirt I was soaked with sweat in balmy 3C and light rain. I was also surprised to meet new runners who ran only in winter and hated to run in Summer. I find running in winter is lot less taxing on the body. Its hard to stay hydrated in winter when you drink so little water but its lot easy to carry a bit of water in winter than summer. Anyway enough ranting about this. We are going to taper the runs down to 14 -12 and than again go up to 18 before we slow down before the race. Garmin for some reason was a bit off with distance today. I thought GPS did not get a lock but it got it right the whole route was also correct yet the distance was bit OFF compared to others and what it should have been. We went east to cherry beach and than to Leslie and marina around it. It was scenic to see the frozen lake and it was so quiet there. Here is how the run went today .... We are in week 10 of our training for next half marathon. I am still unsure if I can do the the Chilly half in Burlington, Its more my schedule in that week which I don;t have any control on. lets see. This week we got the real taste of winter running and as the jet streams bought the cold Artic air down to Toronto. When I ran on Tuesday it was -21C wind chill and I thought I had see the worse of it. I was wrong Wednesday was really bad. As much as I can say take that winter it was a horrible day to run. We were supposed to hills and it was -18C without the wind. We decided to not do that and just run about 5K and come back. Sunday run was 14K and I did that last week too so I was hoping that to be easy. But we decided to do a new route which was really hilly and it was all the way up to Davisville on Jarvis and Mt Pleaseant. I was almost dead when turned back on Davisville but it was all down hill on the way back. Surprisingly I found something in me on the way back and especially once we crossed Bloor I was actually able to blast through the last 3K. I really like now to go really like now to go slow at the start and blast at the end. I know this is going to take a while to perfect this because rest of the team tends to do opposite at start. Today the hilly route helped me to take it slow at the start. Overall this was a good week. Even though I skipped my Thursday run I feel good especially with the cold weather I got my weekly numbers to grow and not get injured in the cold weather. Here is how the Sunday run went. With new years and xmas I was expecting Holidays to be a relaxing time and I was going to not run as much. Things actually went well on running front. The fact that I had time I actually kept running as per my training schedule. I am still unsure how this year is going to be compared to last and if I will be as committed as last year. I am hoping I can do better but who knows. Nevertheless the best way to start a new year was to have a race right at mid night on new years eve. It was a fun race and I could not find a better way to start a new year. The Sunday was a fun one with all the rain we ton of puddles and it started to rain with ice on the side walk it was fun. Again I have run in worse condition so it was not that bad. I was soaked by the time I was done. I also ended up doing a bit more than what I was supposed to do. The route was planned for 12K but I did 14K and some others did 16K. I guess the weather with rain and fog made it fun to run. I still seem to struggle pass 12K and need to find my energy reserves to pull through that phase. Here is how the mid night race went. |
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