a very sloggy cold run commute this morning. more of the same home.

6 km to work and 4 km home - very sloggy snow covered paths in both directions.

7 km with 10 x 90 second "fartlek" bursts run commute. Will run home easy.

Not signed up yet, but think I will soon. I think I'll do the half and hopefully the full in Toronto at the beginning of the month.

I am having the same feeling of survival here!

Run commute again today - 4th double day this week, plus Tuesday where I just did a 7 km interval run on my way into work.

happy belated Avis! sounds like a great way to celebrate!

quite a bit of unexpected new fallen snow this morning - it was light and fluffy, but slow going putting down first tracks. 7.5 km done.

mild here with lightly falling snow. a rare afternoon run for me while the youngest napped and big kid was at granny's. got in my 16 km long run for the week. footing was a million times better than yesterday.

It can certainly be hot. I wouldn't say it's usually so hot that it's miserable but can be warm enough that it slows you down a bit. If you're shooting aggressively for a time goal, that's a factor but if your goal is to have a great first marathon experience (and won't be terribly upset if you get ...

10.5 km this morning with my running buddy - an annual new year's eve tradition. Footing was terrible so opted not to do something longer.

With that run, I passed 3000 km for the year - a first for me!

8 km on the treadmill with 3 miles at tempo. Marathon training has officially begun!

I did about 6 km this morning - an icy slippy bumpy mess!

5 km with the family this morning - C was in and out of the stroller so our pace wasnt fast, but the company was grand!

Feels like spring not christmas! 1 km along the river with my 4 year old running girl and then another 8ish km myself...in shorts!

Wow - glad that got picked up!

Jwolf wrote:TWO-digit run for me today! Hit 10K for the first time since my concussion in November.

that's great!

belated post for me, but I did two runs yesterday - to work and back!

Dec 1 - Run commute x 2 Dec 2 - Run commute x 2, 45 minute bootcamp class Dec 3 - Run commute x 2 Dec 4 - Run commute x 2 Dec 5 - 30 minutes weights/core Dec 6 - 17 km long run @ 5:23 pace Dec 7 - Run commute x 2, 40 minutes of weights/core at home Dec 8 - Run commute x 2 Dec 9 - 30 minutes weights ...

Dec 1 - Run commute x 2
Dec 2 - Run commute x 2, 45 minute bootcamp class
Dec 3 - Run commute x 2
Dec 4 - Run commute x 2
Dec 5 - 30 minutes weights/core
Dec 6 - 17 km long run @ 5:23 pace
Dec 7 - Run commute x 2, 40 minutes of weights/core at home

thanks for the spreadsheet!

I had a very slippery run home yesterday in freezing rain - the pedestrian bridge was sheer ice! This morning I avoided it, and the rest of my route was just wet. Run commute to and from today, and hopefully will make it to bootcamp tonight if everything aligns.

I'm in for 30 minutes of activity! I do run almost every day anyway, so I don't really need a challenge for that, but it will be good to have an extra motivation to make sure I get something in even over the holidays and while travelling this month.

12k with a couple of running buddies

8K for me after work. I think I'll have to start taking my head lamp with me, as it goes from light to dark very quickly once it gets close to 5:00 and this can make for some interesting times on the trails when returning home. Case in point, I caught my foot on a protruding root tonight. Luckily, ...

I'd say I'm just regularly unenthusiastic about monday today - sorry! run commute to and from work today - new shoes though, so that's fun!

Good analysis! I think the thing I struggle with is that as a late May marathon, if you get a hot day and have to slow down, you don't get a second shot that season. The marathon is such a "all your eggs in one basket" kind of event. For 2015, I agonised between Toronto/Missy three weeks e...