Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Cold Training Run

This past Saturday, my dad, my brother and myself set out on a 13.2 mile run. This was the same training run that my dad and I did last Saturday, with one big difference, it was 30 degrees colder and we had 15 mph winds for the entire run.


I was hoping to run today faster then we did last week. Last week my tummy was killing me. This week I traded a stomach ache for very cold, muddy, windy weather. Right away the ground was muddy, so I knew my plan for a faster time was going to be hindered.

This was the reading at the end of our run, so the temp when we started  was much colder.
I started out strong, it was a little fun running through the mud, for the first mile, but after 2 miles it just became a pain. The mud would alternate between thick and slick. Sometimes it was so slippery, we would slide every step. Other times it was thick and would stick to our shoes, even pulling off my brothers once.

At about mile 3 we made it to more firm ground. With the wind chill it was about 34 degrees. It was around this time that my brother speed up and left me and my dad running at my pace. I would guess my brother was running at about 6.5 mph while me and my dad were running at my pace which was 5.8 mph.

Somewhere around mile 7 we caught up to my brother. Since this was his first time running this trail, he  had made it to an cross roads and was not sure which way to go. So we all ran together at about the same pace 6.0 mph.

The last 3 miles my brother legs were starting to hurt as a result of running a distance that he had not trained for. He usually runs 10k and runs them for time.


The last mile we started to pick up the pace, not because we were feeling strong, but more because we were ready to get out of the cold.

All in all I would say this was a good run.


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