Last night we had the xc kids run a steady hilly run for the second time this season. It was miserable out. Spitting rain, and in the 40's and windy, coming from the west. We were lucky that we just ran into the wind for about 5 minutes head on, and then we were running up and down cul de sacs and were pretty shaded from the wind.
For what felt like a pretty hilly run, the picture really looks not too bad.
Last time I did this run, the lead kids were smoking fast, pushing me to an 8 min avg pace. Yesterday my 8 yr took it a little easier on me, we "only" did an 8:20 pace. Given the wind, this was a good effort.
It's so great to see all the kids out running, even in these not so pleasant conditions. Coldish, rainy and windy is way worse than freezing cold and snowy in my opinion. You can always layer up against the cold, but the wind and rain in your face is just misery.
Since I ran to practice, I ended up with 3.7 miles outside. I am trying to get at least 5-6 miles a day - to hit my 40 miles / week goal and not have to have an insanely long run on the weekend. So I got on the treadmill for another 3.1 miles, slow pace. My treadmill at home hates me and even an easy pace feels hard. Like, I have to do 10 min miles to feel like it's actually easy, vs 9 min miles outside or on the treadmill at work.
I capped off my evening with leftover Veggie Enchiladas. So good. I stick to one enchilada (~ 330 calories inc salsa and light sour cream), but to bulk it up I chopped up half a romaine heart and a handful of grape tomatoes to eat with it.
1 comment:
holy cow, that elevation is foreign to us here in south Texas! woowza!!!
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