Monday

Back to work and back to the treadmill today.  Had some company in the Gym ,  Patrick was running on the new treadmill so I ran on the old one.   I like the feel of the old one better!    Logged my usual 5Ker.

Sunday Trail

It was 7C warmer on Sunday at -13C so I ditched the Ski Pants ,  strapped on Snowshoes and headed to the backyard trail.     When I got back tot he loop the 12 laps I did Saturday made for a rather nicely packed trail  so I ditched the Snowshoes!     Ran for 1hrs54min and covered 10.9 km loving every minute of it.   Every step was an adventure .... very uneven slip sliding away but holly smokes what a great workout.   The distance logged in no way reflects the effort.   The 20+ Ks logged in the backyard this past weekend were what I would call " quality miles ".  Next weekend its going to be a 3-4 hour LSD at the Y.

Sundays metrics ...

Life Happens

 The end of this week went every way other then planned....Life Happens!   I had to say goodbye to a 13 year old friend our family's beloved Golden Retriever.  If you loved a dog and had to go through this then you know whats going on.  Needless to say Fridays Run as part of the "February Challenge" didn't happen.  Lack of sleep and the need to be close to loved ones made for a DNS at the Oracle Race.  Only a few days earlier I was really looking forward to this race but that all changed ...  Life Happens!  

 I thought about running at the Y today.   Grant and Anne were there but instead I decided to brave the -20C ,  gear up and go for a Snowshoe Run and it turned out to me quite magical.  

 I was pretty comfortable ,  maybe slightly warm running at the -20C so I want to make record of it.....

 Tights ,  Wind Proof Underwear,  Ski Pants and Knee High Gators with Cross Country Knee High Ski Socks with Marino Wool then the Adidas Super Nova Gortex Shoes.    Up top was a Mizuano Breath Thermal with a second Thermal Shirt then my Shell.  Topped off with a full Balaclava ,  Ski Helmet with Googles ... the tress get allot lower when it Snows.    My hand ware was an over the top Glove from MEC.    20 minutes into the run I unzipped the coat a bit and was for the most part pretty comfortable.  

 There was around a foot of fresh snow so I was breaking trial for the first few laps.   It sure got allot easier as I went along and I was able to pick up the pace a bit towards the end.    Snowshoe running isn't easy its a totally awesome workout.  I originally set out with 5K in mind but I was feeling good so I decided to go on.  
 In total I was out for 2 hours in -20C weather logging 10.3Ks.  This is the longest Snowshoe Run tom date and probably the longest time I have spent Running outside at -20C!  

Todays metrics ...

Frozen thoughts...

Another 5Ker done on today's lunch break .... on my mind was 25 for 25 on the weekend.   Thats 25 km at -25 C yupper!

Lunch Run

5K the usual way today on my meal break .

Lunch Run

Yupper ,  same as yesterday a 5Ker on my lunch break!

Back to work

5 km on the treadmill on my meal break today.   Not nearly as interesting as the last 5 days but I am always glad to turn a work day into a fitness opportunity.