Training 1/11 to 1/17

1/11 Monday: 6.1 miles in 46 minutes

Easy run from work. Felt pretty good after doing 12 the day before.

1/12 Tuesday: 8 miles in 61 minutes

Easy treadmill run. Installed a TV in front of the treadmill. It was so much nicer than staring at a wall for an hour.

1/13 Wednesday: OFF

Did not plan to take a day off here. But it happens. Probably a good thing at this point. No need to force things this early in the season.

1/14 Thursday: 10 miles in 74 minutes

Ran from work. Felt really good and smooth today. Plus it was much nicer out.

1/15 Friday: AM: 7 miles in 52 minutes PM: 4 miles in 32 minutes

Went really easy in the morning, did 6 x 15 second strides during the end of the run. Felt OK. After work I jumped on the treadmill for 4 real easy miles.

1/16 Saturday: 11 miles in in 90 minutes

Went to the Feel Good Farm Snowshoe race. Did a very easy 3 mile warm up, then raced 9km of very hilly rugged snowshoe trail with very thin snow cover. This was my first snowshoe race and it was an adventure and a learning experience. Did a 2.5 mile cool down. Race report to follow soon!

1/17 Sunday: No running, 9 miles of hiking, 3400 ft vertical gain

Hiked Mt. Moriah with Heather, Emily and Dave. This was another 4000 footer I needed to get in my quest to bag all 48 NH 4000 footers. It was a great day for a hike, despite that fact that I felt like I had been beat up the day before.

Total Mileage: 46.1 miles running, 9 miles hiking

Despite not hitting the 50 miles I wanted, and taking an unexpected day off from running, this week was still a very good week, and a great step in getting back in shape. I got in some very good running and a very good hike. Best of all I tried out something new in snowshoe racing. It was extremely tuff and challenging and that was just the part where I was trying to figure out how to run with snowshoes on my feet. The course was another whole animal. Overall it was a blast and great experience. A race report will be posted soon. The plan for next week is to be out running every day and get in some more miles.