Nuts for Sanity
Is one nuts if one, upon learning of an extreme cold weather warning, takes off early from work just to get a 5k run accomplished in -15C weather before going to get both kids from two different schools? Well, if that makes one the proud owner of a questionable mental state, then I guess I'm headed for the asylum. (I just hope they have a place to run!)
Yes, -15C and I was out there! It was great. I have to say that I enjoy cold weather running quite a bit, certainly way more than wet weather running. The footing is not good and all that, but it kind of makes it seem like trail running in that I have to watch every step and change my running pattern accordingly.
Anyway, I managed the 5k in 29:40 at an average pace of 5:56/km. This was a bit faster than I should have been going, as my aim is for 6:00 kilometres or slower, but given that I was not watching the Garmin and felt pretty easy. I didn't have a chance to stretch right after given that I had to take a quick shower and then rush to get the boys, but I hope this doesn't mean I will feel anything achy or strainy. Tomorrow will be a cold cold day of skiing, but I still look forward to a good workout that gets the blood moving and works out any kinks left over from this evenining.
Garmin don't lie.
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I also did some push ups and sit ups tonight: push ups were 45-55-35-30, and sit ups were 25-25-25-25-25-25, all while watching The Jungle Book with the boys, one of our favorite movies.
Yes, -15C and I was out there! It was great. I have to say that I enjoy cold weather running quite a bit, certainly way more than wet weather running. The footing is not good and all that, but it kind of makes it seem like trail running in that I have to watch every step and change my running pattern accordingly.
Anyway, I managed the 5k in 29:40 at an average pace of 5:56/km. This was a bit faster than I should have been going, as my aim is for 6:00 kilometres or slower, but given that I was not watching the Garmin and felt pretty easy. I didn't have a chance to stretch right after given that I had to take a quick shower and then rush to get the boys, but I hope this doesn't mean I will feel anything achy or strainy. Tomorrow will be a cold cold day of skiing, but I still look forward to a good workout that gets the blood moving and works out any kinks left over from this evenining.
Garmin don't lie.
View Larger Map
I also did some push ups and sit ups tonight: push ups were 45-55-35-30, and sit ups were 25-25-25-25-25-25, all while watching The Jungle Book with the boys, one of our favorite movies.
posted by Vava at
9:26 PM
2 Comments:
-15!
Holy cow!
Spanks for stopping by my blog!
I won't lie--I totally had to input all your metric stats (temperature and distance) into a converter. teehee.
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