Weird week

This week I've reached the most productive state at work. I'm delivering research papers and results like a badass. That's weird. Maybe it's because of the running conditions are the worst ever (no, the real reason is that I just had 3 weeks of vacation). After two days of rain roads turned into a icy layer a.k.a achilles killer.

Still, on Tuesday I ran my first run (after the surgery) with decent grip even if roads were close to unrunable. Our backyard provides (in addition to Paavo Nurmi Stadium) a trail (about 0.9 miles long) which is maintained in excellent shape for walking and running through the winter. Due to the fact that I wasn't running on snow/ice/their combination, the achilles felt pretty weird. Moreover, I postponed alternating skiing days and did some core workouts instead. That's okay since xc skiing sucks and it especially sucks if you have to ski on ice.

Today I ran in the evening after traveling to Tampere and back. Just out of curiosity I took HRM with me and was amazed by how off my engine really is. But it will be humming again. Oh and an update: I have lost 3.3 pounds.

More snow

Yeah man!!!!

Our trip to the US is getting closer and I'm eagerly looking forward to see friends over there. Maybe that's why this morning's skiing wasn't bad at all. I'm pretty sure that it has been snowing three days in a row, so xc skiing is decent choice for a physical workout, right?

Good news is that achilles is feeling now quite good. It didn't make a sound yesterday even if I ran and walked a bit. That has been a painful combination during the last weeks, but not anymore (I hope).  So you can recover from injuries even if you're getting older...

Stick your skis...

An old (but not -ie), instant classic got stuck in my head while I was doing my thing on skis this morning (and yes I still strongly dislike xc skiing). If nothing else, I thought that it would brilliant if someone else would also be harassed by the same song.


Here you go...

Achilles is healing!!!

But I'm still skiing. More skiing tomorrow. And on Sunday too.

Don't give a damn. I'm sure that I will run again!

Slow progress hurts my brain

Without saying... I'm not yet able to run. Still skiing instead. Luckily, the weather conditions are pretty opportune for XC skiing and less optimal for testing my achilles. I might have a sneak preview (and run) tomorrow at indoor track.

But tomorrow's news is that I'm again gettin' older.

Dear cross country skiing,

I honestly dislike you from my guts.

All the best,
ste