Snow Part Infinity

So more snow falling now. No biggie its just annoying to look at radar and see what looks like will pass by but you know now it wont. But whatever its feb 9 so almost hlafway through feb. It hopefully will get warmer at some point maybe 2 weeks.

Anyway ran with Jeff Martin and Sierra at Belmont. Out to Tufton and back then 8 200s(or 40 second runs) up and down the little hill after the bridge. I ran them fairly relaxed but my foot felt fine like 100% no problem so that is good. Sierra and martin could both be good in xc because they are hard workers. And Sierra in outdoor- I kind of want her to join our group cuz it would be good for her- maybe in March especially to get ready for 800 and 300 hur. But I dont know if Christine will throw a fit.

Then at 430 went back down to Belmont for a pleasant run with Jeff S in the snow- nice relaxed 3.5 miles so at least get in a little more mileage for the day. Hopefully will get in a run tomorrow I dont now it depends on the snow total. Then treadmill worout on thursday prob modify the 1000s to 6x4 min with 2 min jog. Possible race on saturday that 10k at loch raven if they still have it. Hopefully they will. Also hopefully I can show up more than 5 minutes beforehand haha.

Oh pS we had all 4 of us in the cab of the pickup I think that was a first lol. It wasnt that bad really but I dont now if anyone else could have fit heh.

Off to bed then up super early for papers but Im 95% that ill just do the stores obv if its bad.

Farm Rd wo/The Berenstein Bears and Too Much Junk Food

Got out for a workout on Farm Rd today hence the title. It was solid not amazing or anything but fine. 12 times 400 alternating up and down with a 2 minute rest which had a 200 jog in there. The downs were all pretty much 80 or 79 the last down which was #11 was 77. I could feel my foot not bad but there so I kind of just strided the downs and tried to work the ups. The ups were into the wind as well obv which was moderate. SO they started at 89 heh I thought it was more than a 400 at that point but it didnt matter(and it was pretty close). But I got going on the last 3-4 ups like 85,84,82 were the last 3. So almost the same as some of the downs. The limiting factor was then my speed and the cold rather than the hill and wind which is fine at this point. Also the ups were harder.

Actually I like this type of workout because you get varying paces and efforts. I think the up could be longer like a 600(on the grass from the 2 1/4 mile mark to the top of Corcoran hill for instance). Then jog back a 200 and run the 400 down to turn the legs over. So you get some good hill work and also speed and it also simulates surges in a race situation for xc. 6-8 sets of those would be a pretty good workout you could use it in a couple diff places depending on the rest and speed obv(like anything).

So anyway this was a good tough workout- nice solid work on the ups def. My foot feels fine right now like 100% well see how it is tomorrow. 6.5 miles total I didnt warm down too far of course due to cold and foot caution. Btw I have a little sore throat so hopefully that wont be anything big. Which leads to...

Im tired of having such a crappy diet. I need to cut way down on sweets I have dessert with pretty much every single meal/snack and Im def prob addicted to sugar(or HFCS heh). Also too much soda. Really I kind of need to get down to like 145-146 and im always hovering around 149-150. More importantly its just not healthy to eat like that so much im sick of it. The problem is that people are always selling or giving me various forms of candy ugh. So i have to be better about it! Perhaps some goals for the rest of Feb soon.

Ok hopefully it doesnt snow too much tomorrow night/Wed and I hope I dont get sick btw. Sleepy now. Btw I think every single post in Feburary has dealt with snow somehow.

Oh since I said that I just remembered the workout would have looked cool from the side- the snow was so high obv that you couldnt see Farm Rd surface from Main drive for instance so it must have looked like I was running along through a big field of snow- amusing.

This post is a little too long haha.

Oh S(no)w

So it wasnt a miss of course haha. But the roads are clearing somewhat. I took yesterday off- maybe I should get a treadmill- its actually not a terrible idea. Anyway today just ran 3.5 down in the valley did a fair amount of shoveling obv and had to wait to get the papers etc- whatever the point is got in a little run. Missed the long run that was going to be the trail race. At the very very latest by this summer I have to crank the long run back up to like 14-16. Im tired of struggling on the long run- i mean all you have to do is go out and run for a while heh.

So tomorrow I think ill do a 12x400 workout on farm rd if its clear by the afternoon. I raised the rest because its still so early this is just to get a feel for the pace. It was going to be 1:00 originally but i moved up to start every 3:00 and I might go all the way up to 2:00 which is not a bad idea. Originally i put 16 but that is too much of a jump obv- go to 3 miles total first esp if well have to run on the roads for a while. Maybe some of the mcd people or possibly Jeff R can do some of it.

It's a miss!

I am declaring as of now that we will get no more than 8 inches of snow from the current storm. Perhaps I am being an idiot but thats the way it goes. Im not just making this up(although most weather forecasts are pretty much that). My way is very direct and simple- just look at the radar and see where everything is going in a straight line and extrapolate where it is going to go. This screws me for things like the wraparound effect which I hate and is bullshit- if that happens again then we will get lots of snow. however I think the southern part of this storm is too organized and fast moving for that to happen. The eastern shore will get pounded significantly i predict too bad. There is a big gap in precip that is heading this way and the main moisture will just miss us to the east. Lets see if im correct.

The other thing to do is look at the our by hour for various cities in different parts of the storm and see if they make sense which they do not. In fact the hour by hour for here(which has been getting milder and milder) doesnt even agree with the special weather statement(which has been getting worse and worse).

So we will see what happens but I will go on record that this storm will be a big dud.

In terms of running today I ran at Longnecker- out 15 min then ran into Sanborn who was having his longest run in 3 years of 78 minutes. He talked to some new doctor who adivsed him to go slower on distance runs which apparently worked quite well! Then I did 6x2:00 with 3:00 jog it was fine fairly fast just on effort obv. My foot was a little sore on #4 so I took it a little easier and 5 and 6 felt better. 52 min which was a little short of 7 prob.

Now lets see if im right! haha

Slip Slidin Away

Ran at mcd today. Hurried down from franklin to get there to run with some of the guys who were going to do a wo with me. They had decided not to run on the track so I did 1 1/4 wu and then got started. Unfortunately it was starting to get icy on the first 200. The first 1600 it was somewhat tolerable and i ran 6:00 or so even though it was slick and annoying. The second one it was getting ridiculous by the end it was getting hard to run on that 200 and spreading it was 613. So i ran one more lap and then stopped hmph. The 600 pace was quite easy though so thats good. 1.5 wd for 5 miles total which is not a lot but this week is screwed already. That is dumb to think but also im still just getting started and things are going ok. Once the snow and ice is gone i should be fine. my foot felt sore this morning but fine on the run.

I think i will do minutes on the roads tomorrow before the storm. Then hopefully ill get to run saturday? idk maybe ill just sit inside all day heh ugh. sleep and clean the house. sounds fun lol.

12-16...Feet!

An ok run today. Im tired often- my nutrition has been bad recently so im working on that. Ran at mcd 25 min outside and then 3 miles on treadmill. I proclaimed on the treadmill that years ago I wouldnt have been such a baby as to run half the run on the treadmill but i dont get tired of that and i do get tired of the road so whatever. We are going to get over 10,000 terrainches of snow over the next 48 minutes so im prepared. Anything less will be a severe disappointment.

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An actual workout/snuck fow

Practice was cancelled today which was silly of course. Apparently its going to snow tonight- more on that later. So we went down to McD where they had shoveled lane 1 quite nicely. Ran 3+ mile WU while watching the mcd people workout and waiting for Jeff. He got there and warmed up- then off we went on 4 800s with a 3 min rest. They were 2:37,2:33,2:34,2:34. He led the first and third I led the second and fourth. Then he did 4 200s in the 34 range. My foot was tight on the first two and loosened up a bit- that is the main thing obv seeing how it responds to this workout. Good pace obv and it wasnt super difficult. Obv its 1/2 the distance of a full workout but ill try to gradually work up to that. At least its a start and it really wasnt super tough interestingly.

And of course its supposed to snow tonight and possibly Saturday also. Just keep battling Ive been feeling grumpy about it but feeling a little better now(prob just cuz I got a workout in). Mileage still too low 16.5 in 3 days meh. So hopefully there wont be a blizzard any time soon. 65 days down 25 to go sigh. I wont go into all the various milestones of days for the rest of winter etc etc that would be excessive. Ugh- snow is my friend snow is my friend snow is my friend.