Training Week 166
Highlight of the Week: Being able to run in a town I have always wanted to run in – Galena, Illinois. Although, I am not sure if you can call it running. I should have had my snowshoes on instead of my Yak Trax!
Monday | December 17, 2012: 3.5 m run + ice skating in Central Park (w/Gina)
Loc: Astoria, Temp: 41°/41°, Time: 35:48, Pace: 10:14 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great… until I turned around in to the wind!
Tuesday | December 18, 2012: 3.1 m run
Loc: neighborhood, Temp: 36°/37°, Time: 32:37, Pace: 10:32 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Wednesday | December 19, 2012: strength class + 3.1 m run (w/Bobbi & GRCers)
Strength: kettlebells, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: capable
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 36°, Time: 33:24, Pace: 10:47 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: decent
Thursday | December 20, 2012: 3.5 m run
Loc: neighborhood, Temp: 45°/45°, Time: 37:03, Pace: 10:35 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: slightly sluggish
Friday | December 21, 2012: strength + 3.3 m run
Strength: kettlebells, dumbbells and step, Difficulty: medium/hard, Felt: decent enough
Loc: neighborhood, Temp: 25°/25°, Time: 33:00, Pace: 10:01, Difficulty: easy, Felt: cold on my face!
Saturday | December 22, 2012: 4 m run
Loc: neighborhood, Temp: 23°/25°, Time: 42:16, Pace: 10:33 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay
Sunday | December 23, 2012: 3.1 m run
Loc: Galena, IL, Temp: 14°/14°, Time: 37:42, Pace: 12:10 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: okay
Overall Notes:
- Our Garmin is being really weird about uploading to Connect lately! At first I thought it was a database connection thing, but now I think it may be the watch. Some runs never even upload! Womp womp. That’s okay – I still have the data in the watch. Updated: Garmin fixed the ANT stick issue and the missing runs appeared!
- Friday was my first run this fall/winter in tights (and then I wore them again on Saturday… and Sunday…).
- Only 8 days left of the streak!
Themocracy
Wait, did it actually snow up by you? Wow! I didn’t realize the area got any snow this week. We barely got a light dusting.
Have fun in Galena!
I think we got an inch or two by our house. I was really disappointed by the amount! Galena was fun though! I heard someone say they got 14″ there. That could be a rumor 😉
Did Galena get lots of snow!! I was so excited to run in real snow, and then…nothing.
(I did that too with my 1 pair of running pants. Need tights asap.)
I heard someone say they got 14″! That could be wrong but I was running in DEEP snow some of the time (hence the splits!).
I like the Tarjay tights! Where do you get yours?!
Are you still in Galena? For how long? I’ll be in DBQ so if you are still there, we should run together.
We left there early yesterday afternoon 🙁 How long are you in DBQ?
The snow is so pretty!!! I’ve only run in snow one time before. I think it was winter before last? I remember it was just starting to spit flurries when I started, and by the time I finished five miles I was slipping all over the place! Luckily I have a treadmill now if we ever get snow again… 🙂 (and weather.com says we might this week!)
Jealous that you got to run in Galena! Did you do that on the way to your parents’?
Yeah! We spent the night on Saturday for Steven’s birthday then hung out a bit on Sunday 🙂
Ahh! I am so jealous that you’re in Galena! Can we be BFF so I can travel with you to NYC and Galena? Happy Holidays, Kim!
Yes! Let’s go!!! 🙂
Congrats on the new Asics.
Awww, you got to go skating in Central Park!?!?!? That is one of my dreams! The new shoes look fabulous. I’ve never been to Galena but have heard great things about it. Happy holidays to you and your family, Kim!!! Hope that you and Stephen had a great birthday celebration for him, as well. =D
I did an 8 mile run in the snow/ice on Saturday. It was sloooow. I have never run in Galena but there are some big hills there so I’m guessing it would be hard!