Saturday, February 19, 2011

Freakishly springlike and loving it

On Wednesday, I ran in short sleeves. On Friday I ran in shorts. What a wonderful week in Central Ohio! It was a little colder today, but still a great day to be out.

This week was a fallback, 10 miles, and that did seem short compared to last week's 15 miler. The next 3 weeks are 14-16-18, yelp yelp yelp! I thought we were going a little fast but we ended with an average pace of 10:20.

755 calories burned on the run. 1150 consumed at Panera after (what happens when you say yes, I will take a delicious chocolate chip cookie for $0.99). Hear that, Panera? You won... this time.

Fleet Feet actually got a halfway decent picture of me... stole this from their Facebook page (I'm in blue):

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The uncropped version, me running with the wonderful 10:30 pace group:


And look at that beautiful trail, free of ice!


This week was definitely a fallback. I've had a nagging cold that I think I finally kicked. I totaled 24 miles. I also took spin class Wednesday and Friday, and did the New Rules of Lifting for Women Program Tuesday and Friday. 

3 comments:

  1. Nice picture! I never look that good running! ;)

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  2. Ah yes, the tease of warmer weather! We're back to February like weather here in the mitten state.... Your body welcomes the fallback weeks.

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  3. We had similar weather on the east coast last week too. I ran in shorts and a tee shirt on Weds. and shorts a thin long sleeve on Fri. Back to cold weather today though, in the thirties.

    Looks like your training is going well. I especially like the fact that you're doing some strength and cross-training too. And it's great to train with others. Good job!

    Before you know it, you'll be able to run with minimal clothing. Here' s hoping winter ends soon.

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