Easy run. Still not feeling quite right, and forced onto the treadmill to boot (-19F this morning). The cold symptoms seemed better, but I'm still tired and weak. Added a little bit of pace for the final couple of miles (6:20 pace). Otherwise 6:40-7:00 for the rest. At least I got a decent run in over 90 minutes.
The weather doesn't appear to be getting better any time soon. Mornings will be significantly below zero for the forseeable future. Bah.
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
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So when does the weather turn to some semblance of Spring, and will that give you enough time unencumbered by winter's grip (not to mention the many layers of gear)to get some good quality in on the roads before Fargo?
Usually around the first part of March, this kind of weather becomes abnormal. However, spring never really springs around here until mid to late April, so the short answer is quality will suffer somewhat until about six weeks out.
Fortunately, I'm training for a marathon though, so the quality I'm looking for is of the long and strong variety rather than the short fast stuff. I'll have plenty of opportunities to get good marathon training in after the two weeks of severe cold has passed.
I do have a little bit of concern, but I'm trying to be positive and think that it will probably keep me a bit more undertrained than I might be if I was able to go out and rip right now.
Thanks for the comment!
I'm thinking you should change the color of that angry-looking dude in the sidebar to go along with the temperatures there. Right now for instance he could be a deep-blue, indicating damn-cold (a clip-art icicle dangling from the nose would be a nice touch too). Later on in the summer he could take on the orange hue he has now (add beads of sweat as warranted).
I hope things improve weather-wise, but it sure doesn't look like they will. Keep putting in the time and the roots will grab deeper and deeper.
Yes, there is a decidedly slow burn, aerobic quality to the work I have been doing lately. I found out that, while you can't freeze your lungs, you can weaken your immune system doing workouts breathing -10 air. Just haven't felt the same since, and I got sick within a day or two after.
I'll think about the icicle. Actually, I could just go outside for a few minutes and get one, then snap a picture. No Photoshop needed.
Sorry to learn about the weather being so persistent.
Less then 100 days to the marathon now, how do you feel about your training in general? Will you do a specific XX-week marathon build, or is your current running part of it?
This is part of a sixteen week build. I'm still in a kind of base-transition-to-hills phase right now.
I'm feeling fine about everything right now. I've got a huge base which is better quality than the last (failed) build, so I think I'm in good position going into the last three months of specific training.
We'll see! First I have to shake this fatigue and sickness.
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