Ran 4 miles yesterday in a very windy and cold trail. Today, a much faster 6+ miles, or 10K, in under 49 minutes. Pretty much floored it for the last two kilometres.
That's 20 miles for the week. The weekend will be challenging to get a longer than 10 mile run in in deep snow. Should make for interesting times.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Big winter snowstorm coming. to Toronto.. again
This forecast about says it all
The bad news, I have to make the trek to work. The good news, my next run will be using snow tires.
Winter storm warning for: City of TorontoIssued at 3:47 PM EST THURSDAY 31 JANUARY 2008
SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ONTARIO WITH A POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND ICE PELLETS ALONG LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO ON FRIDAY. THIS IS A WARNING THAT DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER ARKANSAS IS GETTING ORGANIZED AND SETTING ITS SIGHTS ON SOUTHERN ONTARIO. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES THEN CURVES NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT IT IS EXPECTED TO TAP INTO A LOT OF MOISTURE AND ENERGY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. AS A RESULT IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS LOW WILL INTENSIFY INTO A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. LATEST INDICATIONS SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW FROM THIS DEEPENING LOW AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST JUST SOUTH OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND BY SATURDAY. THIS TYPE OF WINTER STORM OFTEN HAS A SWATH OF 15 TO 30 CENTIMETRES OF HEAVY SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH IT. FREEZING RAIN AND ICE PELLETS WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM AS THE STORM CENTRE GETS CLOSE TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES.
The bad news, I have to make the trek to work. The good news, my next run will be using snow tires.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Perfect 10 miler
Okay, the GPS ran out of batteries when I took it out for today's run, and I really didn't care. I know my route so well that I can measure just about any distance without my Garmin.
While much of the country wallowed in really really cold (-54C with windchill, anyone?). I was treated to 4C, light mist and little wind. So I set out with a pair of shoes I repatriated from R's place this weekend. I'm not sure what it was: running Garminless, the bouncier shoes, the day I took off or the perfect weather, but I felt amazing and settled into what I can describe as slightly faster than the "I can run forever" pace. Probably a 5:15K pace or 8:25 mile.
I ran tall and had fun jumping over puddles. By the end, I was nice and toasty, a little wet and still in great shape -- I was barely huffing and puffing. I know that compared with a year ago, I'm in much better winter form and the base mileage is strong.
While much of the country wallowed in really really cold (-54C with windchill, anyone?). I was treated to 4C, light mist and little wind. So I set out with a pair of shoes I repatriated from R's place this weekend. I'm not sure what it was: running Garminless, the bouncier shoes, the day I took off or the perfect weather, but I felt amazing and settled into what I can describe as slightly faster than the "I can run forever" pace. Probably a 5:15K pace or 8:25 mile.
I ran tall and had fun jumping over puddles. By the end, I was nice and toasty, a little wet and still in great shape -- I was barely huffing and puffing. I know that compared with a year ago, I'm in much better winter form and the base mileage is strong.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Taking advantage of the weather
DC in the summer is crazy hot, but in the winter, it's a perfect getaway from the frigid weather Toronto. Don't get me wrong, it's still cold here, but it's always between 5 and 10C warmer.
We hung out all morning and I baked an apple pie (from scratch, crust and all) and we ventured out for a nice run. It was sunny and about 2 or 3C and just a tad windy. We did 9K in about 55 minutes at a nice recovery pace.
Keeping up the mileage, which is keeping me happy and somewhat fit. I'm going to be happy just getting the miles in. I think a 15 miler should be in the cards the next few weeks before I plunge into marathon training.
Weekly miles: 37 miles (60K)
Year to date: 140 miles (225K)
We hung out all morning and I baked an apple pie (from scratch, crust and all) and we ventured out for a nice run. It was sunny and about 2 or 3C and just a tad windy. We did 9K in about 55 minutes at a nice recovery pace.
Keeping up the mileage, which is keeping me happy and somewhat fit. I'm going to be happy just getting the miles in. I think a 15 miler should be in the cards the next few weeks before I plunge into marathon training.
Weekly miles: 37 miles (60K)
Year to date: 140 miles (225K)
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Hitting Rock Creek Park
Okay, finally after a year of mostly doing laps of the Mall, Tidal Basin and the environs while I'm running in DC, I decided to expand my running. Mostly because I'm not in marathon training and so I don't have a specific pace I have to run in or miles I want to fit in.
I plotted a course that would finally take me into the Rock Creek Park that runners talk about. It took about 4 miles until I hit it, but once I did, I could see why it's a nice running route. I ventured in about 10.5K (6.5 miles) then did the out-and-back route. The GPS went wonky and didn't count about a kilometer (I remember it said I did mile 9 in 13:34 -- yeah right). Route is mapped out here. Anyways, it was a nice at times sunny day and I ended up doing 13 miles in 1:50. Up to 31 miles for the week and I plan on another run tomorrow to bring me to the upper 30s.
I plotted a course that would finally take me into the Rock Creek Park that runners talk about. It took about 4 miles until I hit it, but once I did, I could see why it's a nice running route. I ventured in about 10.5K (6.5 miles) then did the out-and-back route. The GPS went wonky and didn't count about a kilometer (I remember it said I did mile 9 in 13:34 -- yeah right). Route is mapped out here. Anyways, it was a nice at times sunny day and I ended up doing 13 miles in 1:50. Up to 31 miles for the week and I plan on another run tomorrow to bring me to the upper 30s.
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