Friday December 12, 2025

[kawasa]

2 mile warm up, 3 miles at 6:05 pace, 3 min rest, 1 almost all out mile in 5:10, 2 mile cool down. Total of 8.15 miles.

Felt pretty good, I kept thinking of FE because almost the whole run was on packed snow.

[Fast Eddie]

So went out gingerly with the hip I strained yesterday. Not too bad as long as I kept it slow and in a straight line. Did spasm on me when I did a studdard step in order to a long step over a curb puddle. Managed a dozen K.

[Loco Coyote]

Fast Eddie, good that your hip seemed to hold up okay and hope that it keeps improving.
Kawasa, nice running!
Ran 9 miles on the paved rail trail that was covered with just a paper-thin dusting of snow, so the footing was pretty good. Almost everything else has been snow and ice covered. It was also a mild mid-teens and I enjoyed the run. First 4 or so were easy (8:40s then picked it up to 8:20s, which on the ice is probably L2).

Temps dropped in the afternoon now it's deep cold and windy and I'm not sure how I'll handle the weekend, will attempt an easy classic ski today (had signed up for an 8K skate race but it was canceled due to the sub zero temps and -15 wind chills.