Training Log Archive: hughmac4

Well, it's raining, and hasn't stopped all day. Add to that the post-Xmas torpor, and all I did was a little plumbing ... but that was awesome. I finally got around to replacing the waste line from the kitchen. It was made of COPPER, what a waste, as well as completely asinine. It ran UPHILL for about 2 feet, too, and because it was copper it kept corroding and then clogging. I think I can pay for the entire PVC project with the money made from selling the 13lf of 2" copper for scrap. :)

Forbidden Drive tomorrow!

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warm up/down and exploratory lap for cemetery street/snow/ice laps.

The cemetery street was still all ice & snow, and my shoes were NOT appropriate, but I gave it a go for a couple of laps. Didn't fall, so I was probably going too slow. At least got out there for a bit. Planned on 5 laps but ran out of time (took way too long on my first exploratory lap), and was worried about falling on the ice too much to have a lot of fun, and the snow kept packing into my shoes.

I'll have to screw in some machine screws and see how that works on the ice, and wear my short gaiters.

Merry Christmas to me ... my new red thornknickers and red gaiters just arrived! Damn I'm going to look good this year.

My schedule says tempo. I was NOT excited by the prospect, after so little sleep (stupid computers), but GOT myself to the gym, and getting dressed, when I realized I had no socks. While normally I'd tough it out with no socks, it ended up being the 'final straw'. Back to the office (after some pancakes at Philly Diner). So a rest day, and the tempo tomorrow, which is probably a better arrangement for me anyway.

Sigh.

Oh, and I worked out the distance around the PAVED part of the cemetery: 0.82mi, for snowy days. Testing once I get the 305, but good enough for training purposes.

Sticking to the plan. Well, wanted to do cemetery, but had the wrong shoes for snow & ice, so down to the Skuke, out & back. I dislike out & backs. Shooting for 8:45s, a little fast, but good. Legs have been feeling heavy, I don't know why, but probably just not fully recovered from long on Fri. Or maybe even from the O'Marathon.

Split Dist Pace
09:39.5 1.154 08:22.2
07:49.6 0.9518 08:13.4
09:03.0 1.0406 08:41.8
08:13.2 0.9602 08:33.7
09:00.4 1.0422 08:38.6
43:45.8 5.1488 08:29.9

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3 icy stretch out miles. Shovel your sidewalks, people, it stopped snowing 40 hours ago!

Rough splits:
8:08
8:49
8:45