Today, Dec. 21st, the first official day of winter, I ran a virtual race - the Winter Misery One Miler. Before I get to the details of that particular little jaunt, I've got to fill you in on the rest of the last week.
I followed up Tuesday's 7 miler with another 7 miler on Wednesday. I ran the exact same route - out the front door over to Covina Hills Road and back. Wednesday I was about 0:45 slower than Tuesday. No big deal.
Thursday, the weather was still on the warm side for my 8 miler with hills. It could have been hill repeats, but I did not relish the idea of running the hill in the dark. It is part of the dirt equestrian path and is somewhat rutted to the rains last week. The plan gave the option for just running a hilly route, so I took it.
Saturday was supposed to be another meet up with the old crew - Brian, Terry and Celeste. Friday evening, first one of the youngster and then the other dropped out. Terry and I went for an easy 5 miler in Bonelli.
Sunday I met "the girls" again for a run in Chino Hills State Park. We had planned on running Raptor Ridge but due to park closure we couldn't get in. We ran an alternate route on Upper Aliso for about 7 miles. I'd planned closer to 10 that day so I followed that up with 3 more miles in Bonelli on the way home.
37 miles for the week.
Roadrunner Sports has been having Daily Treat; special one day deals; throughout the month of December. Friday, the daily treat was my Brooks Adrenaline GTS10. I snagged a pair at a really good price.
Now for the Winter Misery One Miler.
It is pretty tough to call winter miserable here in So Cal. The weather over the weekend was near 80 each day. Today being the first official day of winter at least the weather cooperated a little bit. The high temperature today was in the low 60's with cloud cover all day. Actually really good conditions for a run. To at least add a little to the misery factor, I did my One Miler on the treadmill before a workout with the personal trainer. I did the first 0.25 mile with the incline set to 7 but then came to my senses and put it back down to 1. My time was nothing stellar, 10:20, but since I've never run a One Mile Race before, I guess it is a PR! I look forward to reading about everyone else's races over at RunningLaur.
6 comments:
Glad you could run, especially since it's a PR!
yeah, we're still digging out from 2 feet of snow getting dumped on us over the weekend. 60 - 80 degree temperatures are sounding pretty good right now!
Pffftttt... I hear winter is a stranger in strange lands where you live :-)
This past weekend was awesome weather, even if it wasn't at all seasonal. Yeah, it's now cool and rainy outside which is making it feel a little more like Christmas.
Speaking of which, I hope you and your family have a great one, Darrell. Will Tyler be coming home? We could all use an update on how he's adjusting to life on the other side of the country.
I believe the verb you should use when it heads to 60 in soCal is "plummet", right??!!
Nice score on the shoes. Always an eye for bargains, eh??
Your plan is rolling!
Congrats on your PR! Snow here in Jersey but the rain has washed most of it away!
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