As always, I first have to give special thanks for the most recent donations that have been made:
- Mark Patton - jump school buddy
Thanks to everyone for keeping up the support and interest, both in the race and in the terrific Fisher House Foundation!
It has certainly been good to run outdoors in fresh air again, unlike the dusty and polluted Afghanistan, however, the cold has certainly been a drag. I am almost strictly a t-shirt and shorts type of runner, no long sleeves or sweatshirts for me, so running in cold weather is difficult at times. Now, given the predominance of sub-zero temperatures in Fairbanks winters (temperatures are usually around -20 or below in the morning), I cannot adhere to that, but I am all the more compelled to run in shorts in the summer and spring months. This especially came into play last Thursday, when I did not fully appreciate the cold as I went on my run. After about 15 minutes, I realized how bad the 18-degree cold was for a guy in short sleeves, but I tried to be hard-headed about it. I lasted for about 40 minutes, then had to turn in and completed the final bit on the treadmill. it took about 15-20 minutes for my hands to regain full feeling and function. Hooray.
This past week my training breakdown has been as follows:
Monday - 1:31
Tuesday - 1:33
Wednesday - 2:00
Thursday - 1:21
Friday - 1:15
Saturday - 4:05
Sunday - 1:04
For Saturday's training run, I ran approximately 3:31 on my own, then finished it off by running a local 5k with Erin and pushing Jackson in his racing stroller (in all fairness, Erin pushed for over half the way!).
Total time for the week: 12 hours, 49 minutes.... which probably brought me right around 90-95 miles for the week! Not too shabby in my mind.
Currently, I am taking today off to rest up a little bit after over 2 weeks of going hard. Tomorrow will be another solid day of about 2 hours or so, and I am going to have to bump up my long run to Friday instead of Saturday because of a parade that I will have to march in. Getting excited, and very anxious, for race day to get here!
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO THE FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION
- Mark Patton - jump school buddy
Thanks to everyone for keeping up the support and interest, both in the race and in the terrific Fisher House Foundation!
It has certainly been good to run outdoors in fresh air again, unlike the dusty and polluted Afghanistan, however, the cold has certainly been a drag. I am almost strictly a t-shirt and shorts type of runner, no long sleeves or sweatshirts for me, so running in cold weather is difficult at times. Now, given the predominance of sub-zero temperatures in Fairbanks winters (temperatures are usually around -20 or below in the morning), I cannot adhere to that, but I am all the more compelled to run in shorts in the summer and spring months. This especially came into play last Thursday, when I did not fully appreciate the cold as I went on my run. After about 15 minutes, I realized how bad the 18-degree cold was for a guy in short sleeves, but I tried to be hard-headed about it. I lasted for about 40 minutes, then had to turn in and completed the final bit on the treadmill. it took about 15-20 minutes for my hands to regain full feeling and function. Hooray.
This past week my training breakdown has been as follows:
Monday - 1:31
Tuesday - 1:33
Wednesday - 2:00
Thursday - 1:21
Friday - 1:15
Saturday - 4:05
Sunday - 1:04
For Saturday's training run, I ran approximately 3:31 on my own, then finished it off by running a local 5k with Erin and pushing Jackson in his racing stroller (in all fairness, Erin pushed for over half the way!).
Awesome running partners.
Total time for the week: 12 hours, 49 minutes.... which probably brought me right around 90-95 miles for the week! Not too shabby in my mind.
Currently, I am taking today off to rest up a little bit after over 2 weeks of going hard. Tomorrow will be another solid day of about 2 hours or so, and I am going to have to bump up my long run to Friday instead of Saturday because of a parade that I will have to march in. Getting excited, and very anxious, for race day to get here!
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