My oldest son, Blake, loved The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh DVD as a toddler. One of my favorite lines of the movie was "Piglet. It's a Winds-day!" Poor Piglet was so small that he was easily blown about. This week, our MN weather wouldn't be too healthy for poor Piglet. The current conditions the last time I checked was -6 degrees with -35 windchill. OOOOOOOH, that's cold. This morning, the windchill was already below my -20 limit. I was thankful to have the treadmill all set to go downstairs. Poor Charlie loves sweaty knees and sits anxiously waiting for me to step off at the end of my run. I did a sort of hill workout by starting with a 10 minute warmup followed by 2:00 each at each incline from 1-6. I then cooled down for another 10 minutes. That was a really hard workout for my current amount of "in-shape." I'll try to do 3:00 next time or perhaps 2:00 and then decline every 1-2:00 from 6 back to 1. Looking ahead, the weather is forecasted to be extremely cold for most of the next week. I'll be trying out a variety of other styles of workouts for variety. I thought about doing some runs based on heart rate, speed and some good old long running. Since there's nothing to do outdoors (safely), I might feel like Kermit below between my turns on the treadmill. Deb, Blake and I are registered for the Earth Day Half Marathon in April. I'll be starting my 12 week training plan on Monday. I chose the Own It plan from Train Like a Mother. Deb is using the Finish It plan to gauge her training after surgery, so I felt like using another one of their plans would coordinate well when we want to run together for parts or all of some workouts. Beginning a new training plan can be a good way to refresh one's attitude and get excited about running even when the great outdoors is not cooperating.
Another way that I'm looking past this deep freeze is to book a couple of vacations. The first will be a weekend at quilt camp in late March. Unfortunately, Stephanie is unable to come this time. I wonder if I'll get more sewing done or less without her company? The second is our annual summer vacation to Lake Sybil near Vergas, MN. I took a poll and the kids still wholeheartedly voted to go. I've got the cabin booked; we just need to line up some stand-up paddle boards as those were super fun last year. To forget about winter for just a moment, here are Charlie and I on the stand-up paddle board last summer. Keep warm and happy running! Missee
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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