Yesterday it snowed so much and I was kind of depressed because it threw off my schedule. I wanted to do a long run, but instead only got 10 miles in. I was hoping for 15 or more today.
I went to Riverview, but they didn't plow there. Nothing surprising, since another storm is coming tonight. That left me no choice besides running around my neighborhoods.
I started in the afternoon and conditions were perfect. It was quite warm by this winter's standards. The sun was shining bright. That is one nice thing about the day after a snowstorm, it always seems to be sunny. I wore a jacket over my lightweight long sleeve shirt. I had on gloves, but didn't need a headband.
I started with the loop around my neighborhood. The quads were kind of beat yesterday. My legs as a whole weren't all that sharp when I started. I figured I'd continue on and see what they have.
After that, I headed into the other neighborhood. I was going to start with just the regular loop and see how I felt after that. It would get me to 6 miles anyway. My quads continued to just be so so. I used KT Tape on them and that might've helped, but there was still definitely some soreness.
Miles 2 and 3 were nice and easy and slow. I carried on. I ran up the steep hill. I'm getting used to these hills, but they still aren't exactly easy. By mile 4, it was looking like a short run.
At least I was able to enjoy the conditions, so I wasn't totally miserable during the run. A lot of the snow was still covering the tree branches and it looked stunning. I couldn't have asked for much better than that.
By now, I was figuring on only running the large loop to finish up and then maybe adding a little more to get to 7 miles. I continued to cruise along. The legs weren't getting better, but they weren't getting worse either. Still, I figured I wasn't accomplishing anything if they aren't close to 100%. I'm just grinding out miles if I continue.
I did want to get to at least mile 7. Therefore, when I got back to my neighborhood, I did the loop around there again. I was starting to sweat and I was getting tired too. It wasn't as much as I wanted to do, but I was glad to have done something and I enjoyed the day nonetheless.
I guess I have to accept the fact that I can't put in 70 mile week after 70 mile week. Not at this point in time anyway. I need to back that down to maybe 50 miles a week and perhaps just get more qualities runs in. I already have a good base to work from anyway. I just need to sharpened up a bit before I test a marathon.
As far as that goes, I'm really starting to lean to trying to get one in in March. I wanted to do it later and be more prepared, but I might as well cash in now while I'm running well. I'd probably be close to a sub 3 hour marathon anyway and even if I don't get it, I still may BQ or I can at least run a fall marathon.
Tomorrow, the snow should mess with things. Regardless, I'm pretty sure I'm not running at all. My body clearly needs another day of rest. Emily and I were talking about days to run. Maybe we'll get together on Thursday morning. Otherwise, I'll try to run semi long again on Thursday by myself.
7 miles - 55:52 (7:59 pace)
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