2014 Numerics Summary

The grand totals for 2014:

	Miles	Time	% of Time
SWIM	164.55	117 hours 43 minutes	19
BIKE	4672	277 hours 18 minutes	45
RUN	1455	225 hours 17 minutes	36
BIKE COMMUTE	531	not tracked
SUMMARY:		603 hours 37 minutes
		ave 11.6 hours a week

That's 289616 yards for those of you who prefer that unit. How did I end up with an odd number like 6 yards? Prolly an OWS.

Races:

Half marathon, marathon, 10K, 70.3, 140.6, 140.6

What a year!

Another commute, this time because it was COLD

RUN 3 miles in about 30 mins, commute in
RUN 3 miles in about 30 mins, commute home

Happily it was a short day at work so my commute wasn't in the dark. It was, however, bitter cold in the morning. The weather station read 11F! Last night I found a web app to calculate the wind chills if I were to ride or run. The expected weather temp was 18F, so I used that. Biking at 15mph was a 4F wind chill. Running at 6mph was 10F. So obviously I wanted to run and not ride!

And of course the run in to work was into the wind. By the time I reached the car my nose was numb, as I found out when I went to wipe it. Otherwise, I was OK.

The run home of course was with the wind, and I overheated a little. No worry there, I'm usually happier over heating.

Since yesterday, my calves have been heavy and swollen. Too much salt? Too much running? Too much sitting? Dunno, but ugh it's uncomfortable.

Broken 11 mile commute

RUN 8 miles in 1:14
RUN 3 miles in about 30 mins, untimed

Brrrr! And it's supposed to be even colder tomorrow. It has me thinking I'll run to work tomorrow instead of biking.

Great run, after taking yesterday as a mostly-sitting rest day. After walking the dog, I looped out around TGP then towards work. I decided on the way to do 11 instead of 10 today. Not sure why. So I had to tack on the extra mile by looping around smoker's park then into FoPa to round it out. It still amazes me how the garmin seems to slow down the more I watch it.

Once at DH's car, I grabbed my bag and was struck with a left sided, half-way down my back cramp/spasm. During the run, I had a mild pain under my ribs but I thought it was diaphragm. This spasm persisted most of the morning then faded on it's own. It came back as soon as I grabbed my bag to head home, then lingered the entire run home. Not painful really, more annoying. Wonder what caused it?

Last six miles to 42 mpw

RUN 6.1 miles in about 57 mins. Or was it less...?

This week seemed to be all about the 6's. 6 on Tuesday. 16 on Wednesday, 6 on Thursday, 6 more today. This run felt soooo much better than Thursday's 6. I was going to run trails in the nearby park, but mom said she'd rather I didn't. Easy enough, and probably faster if I didn't. I'd rather visit anyway!

47F yesterday, 28F today. Oof. And of course, wind.

NUMERICS: 42 miles this week was the goal.

SWIM Zero
BIKE Zero
RUN 42.2 miles in 6:36
BIKE COMMUTE 12 miles

8 miles by little out-n-backs back home

RUN 8 miles in 1:15

Happily I looked at my run totals before planning the weekend. I thought I needed only 12 miles to hit the goal of 42 for the week. But a double check showed I needed 14 instead! I didn't want to do them all at once either way, so it was a matter of how to break it.

I had promised my time to help with the family, so I stuck to a schedule to finish by 8am. This meant I started in the dark. Dad helped with a flashlight, and I delayed as long as I could to let the sun come up. In the end, I didn't need the light.

As the trend has been, it was unseasonably warm -- 47F! However, there was wind. There's always wind out there! Once I reached the school road, I decided on little out-n-backs from that intersection until I hit the number needed for the run home. I did an out-n-back by the school (into the wind), then a short out-n-back up the hill until a mini-goal, back down the hill, then up JG's road until the next goal mile point. It's funny to think that with all this running, I've never run on JG's road east of the school road!!

What a beautiful morning! Even the wind was nice. It was so quiet, so calm, so pleasant.

Christmas run!

RUN 6 miles in 57 minutes

No group run today, canceled for the holiday.

This was tough. I was dragging and less than motivated for a peppy run. I did a TGP loop. This put me at 28 miles in the last 3 days. No wonder I'm dragging! But it's good I did it, I knew I could but it's still good.

This set of runs after this weekend will allow me to rest 10 days until the next long run. A sort of rest week without a rest week.

Merry Christmas!

Early morning run in spring-like weather

RUN 6.1 miles in 56 mins
BIKE COMMUTE 6 miles

Instead of running to work, I ran the TGP loop from home. I plan to run to work tomorrow, so don't worry I won't miss out on that two-a-day fun.

Like spring -- really!! Felt warm in the 40's, birds singing in the park, stars in the sky, humid from yesterday's run, and some mud. I got to Appreciate! the starry night sky, the sun coming up, and a beautiful morning!

Yesterday's neck/shoulder niggle is gone? Also gone is the pain I had in my right arm Saturday after the QP run. It was a sharp pain that came on afterwards and lingered a little while. It only hurt when I went to reach for something out of my pocket, very specific. But painful!