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Yesterday was a tough as listening to censored versions of any CMW's old tunes. Not so gansta that is. I felt like everything outside home is slowing falling down. Runningwise life's the same - good. Morning's 6 miler was ok, and due to work related involvements it was the only exercise.
Sunday I ran 13.1 miler pretty slow compared to the guys back in MD. But hey, we have freezing temps and snow. Hah. After that I hurried to another workout (skiing). I have two race-level skate skies to select, and I was trying them both. Week was only 55 miles.
Today I was adviced to run 5-6x1000m indoors, but I'll have to postpone that to Thursday. Probably. Or then I just do them before the core workout.
Today I participated our test run by running (only) a 5k loop. Now my left achilles tells me that it was a mistake, but I don't believe that. It was slippery, but I managed to run sub-18 (17:42) which has been my ultimate limit. Today's run showed me that I have improved my time over 30 sec in three weeks.
I'm really looking forward to better conditions.
On Thursday we drove down to Kotka and back to get our car which was shipped from the US (already in mid Nov...!). That meant no running for me. Friday started at 5:45 since we had to run before heading to the Customs. Tomorrow there is time for long run followed by skiing and Ravens game (this time it is not live).
Sunday's longish run (13 miles with Jukka and Markku) was followed by extremely exhausting (Nordic) skiing trip (1.5 hrs).
Now I'm quite tired, but luckily this evening I have a chance to watch Ravens' game live on TV. One of my running buddies, Mr. Z, has secretly developed an amazing interest and knowhow in American football. Now he has bought some channels which provide the pleasure to get involved with game day. On my way to his place I gotta visit "America Shelf" in a grocery store close by. Weekly mileage: 63.
This morning I chose not to run, but instead found myself skiing. It felt colder than expected. Yesterday I ran 6 miler with strides. Strides felt rather cold, because it was windy. Afternoon, in few hours, I'll head to indoor track for some tempo repeats. Maybe 3x2000m + 3-5x200m is enough.
Instead of running any faster pace today, I had to keep it easy. I ran for an hour with Jukka and Sweetie before complete freezing. When the temperature hits -6F, it's too cold to run fast. Nowadays that is. Back in the day things were different.
Yesterday I didn't run at all. I spent some time on skies. When the temperature is enough low, skiing is as boring as I remembered. Believe me - It sucks.
Tomorrow I will find my way to indoor track.
Stupid Mondays! Yesterday we ran an easy 6.2 miler in bad conditions, but I didn't know what to expect. The stupid icy conditions were just 24 hours away. Today it has been raining resulting very icy/slippery roads. Only chance for running is treadmill or indoors. Luckily, we decided to go skiing (Nordic XC skiing) already yesterday.
Yesterday evening after calculating the weekly mileage (67) I felt pretty sick and decided to dedicate this Monday to rest. If I feel better tomorrow, I might find myself indoors running on track. Then it's time for stairs and core workout.
