LOL!
Luckily, there is an abundance of beautiful technical warm winter running gear on the market (and I seem to own quite a selection - ahem) so that there is (sometimes, let's face it: sadly...) no excuse to get out there and tromp around in the snow, sluch or ice...
Is it just me or does everyone feel the desire to stay inside and cozy during the months of November and December? I think the lack of sunlight has a lot to do with my state of mind which is more bear-like than human... ie. it's dark - therefore, I should be sleeping!
I'm training for speed on the run... I know that my coach knows exactly what he's doing but to me, (and bless him for not strangling me as I vent my frustrations with this part of the training process) this feels like the 'tablecloth trick' that was my first 70.3 race -- how can these little, short and painful runs possibly translate to anything good over the long-term? I just don't get it. I've been running for a couple of years now. I have a run pace that I like to call: 'run' - vs. the pace I call: 'walk'... the notion of having several different run paces for differing race distances just baffles me... honestly!
I sort of 'get' how it works but my body and brain have not yet caught up with each other, so most of my tempo runs feel disjointed, awkward, and I feel like the out of shape kid that can't keep up... ya know what I mean??!!
I'd better get used to it... I've signed up for the Robbie Burns 8k run to commemorate not only his contributions to society but my own (ie. my 45th birthday - EEK!!!! 45!!!???? Good Lord!!!!!) and hopefully, I will pleasantly surprise myself and pull off another 'tablecloth trick' at that event ;)
Hey -- it could happen...
On Dasher... On Dancer... On Suzi... oh wait - she's down... she slipped on that patch of ice over there... ouch - that looks painful...
