Did not skip core today

TREADMILL 4.0 total, 2.7 miles run as 3 mins @ 4.5 with 1 min rest
STRENGTH 20 mins core
COMMUTE 7 miles

It's getting cold out. 38F this morning on the way to the gym! And the sun doesn't appear until 8:10am, it goes away at 6:27pm. Thought that was bad? Next week it still doesn't come up until 7:10am but then disappears and 5:27pm. UGH.

My goal this week is a total of 13-14 miles of run/walk/jog/etc. I'm still doing indoors because of the dark and because it keeps me going slower. I'd speed up otherwise. I'm eager to get to 5.0 mph. But right now it feels good at 4.5 and my spm rate is super great at 168-174! My HR seems too high though for the effort, another reason to keep it easy?

And while running today the fears of getting a stress fracture or other did-it-too-fast injury came back in my head. It all feels so good right now, but when that niggle appears it's crushing. 

The run felt great, and the ankle was a little stiff/sore later. But not in an injured sort of way. The core workout was something I almost talked myself out of. I'd showed up 'late' to the gym, 15 mins off my schedule, but I'd built in extra time so I kept to it. Geez, that woulda been two days in a row that I avoided something. And then when I'm done, I realize that my "20 min" workout is really 15 minutes, because 1 min (20s) means 15 1-minute intervals and 14 20-second rests. While I'm happy to say "only 20 minutes" because it's so doable, I either need to up the energy in these sessions or lengthen them. Happily, I don't get so sore as I did the first two weeks. But am I not sore because I'm adapting or because I'm not working?!

I did the math - 30 minutes would be 22.5 sets. Fixing....a 30 second rest would give 20 full sets. And that would be my "20 minute session"!

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I set up 9 goals yesterday to help highlight some spots that need fixing in the day. I love checking boxes, this is just another way to do it. So far today - nailing it.