Training Log Archive: zerfas

Ran on the trail adding distance by running on the C&O canal at the end. Very snowy and icy and ended up falling once not that hard when my shoes did not hold on. Hesistant at first while running and felt better so moved along better. Wanted to run with the lead men just too slow early picked up my speed and saw them far off at the end. After I fell hesitant for a while during the run. Sinking some in the snow so this slowed me a bit also. felt surprisingly good on another cold morning with winds to deal with. A lot of people congratulated me on the win still not sinking in that I really won. People laughed when I told them it was a training run- don't think anyone is buying it.

ran across the street to the low-key 5K race just at the pre-race briefing said the course and distance was changed to three miles.

Thought I was running this at the same effort as my run over, but apparently not. I thought the distance was about 2.7 miles my boss thought it was long based off his times on a course using different roads. He said it took him four minutes longer and for me it was almost three minutes faster. Plenty warm enough for shorts and singlet.

Wanted to spend sometime in the weightroom since I have not been for a while.

First tried to run on the C & O just too snowy and with today's warm temperatures sinky a lot in the snow. Ended up running on the roads. Still a little stiff but improving with tonight's massage should feel a lot better. As a was running down the street in a quiet neighborhood so what at first was some realistic looking lawn animals. The deer were standing totally still so at first they looked like they were just stuffed animals until a couple of them started to move their ears and tail.

Feel a little stiff after my long run on Sunday, but fine enough to run at this pace. Ended up overdressed for the run since the day is much warmer.

Skiied around Wheaton Regional park utilizing both the open fields and going through paths in the woods. Last chance to ski on this snow since the forecast is for two warm days in a row.

Ran 46th annual Washington's Birthday Marathon to get a long run in. Ended up winning! Also ran the relay as one relay team needed an extra person so I ran the first leg handed off the sash and continued removing my relay number. Somewhat cold, but it is the wind that makes this a "2" level effort very windy as it is a three loop course each time the winds picked up as we went around. Did not want to run too fast so talking with people along the way to keep my pace at 8:00min/mile for the entire race which I managed to do eventhough I had to exert some extra energy due to the high winds and the hills played a factor also. Early in the race in about 5th place did not go into first place until 25.5 miles. Second place women only 17 seconds behind me. Won a nice plaque. A man paced along with me around mile 10 and for the most part stayed with me PRing by 3 mins. Finished 15th overall out of 126 total. The relay team I was on running the first leg finished 21st out of 29 teams ended up seeing my split after 9.7 miles was 77:27 so ran a real even race.

Jogged to the start line and after mixture walking and running to cool down.

Hiked up the street with skiis on my shoulder and went around the park. First loop slow since I was the first to make tracks much quicker the second and third time. Felt good just to loosen up my legs.

After getting home from the marathon it was just warm enough that I could clean up the sidewalk and driveway better. The sidewalk was just one shovel wide so cleaned the whole walk. Ended up getting a quick snow leaving 1+ inches making for ideal X skiing conditions later.