Vernal Equinox Tuesday

Postby **Marg** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:10 am

Happy Spring!
I had 4 hours of sleep, today will be very painful to get through. :shock:

orleansrunner1962 · Postby **orleansrunner1962** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:12 am

It is going up to 25, with humidex making it feel like 30 -- I brought shorts and a tank top and will be running in the Experimental Farm at lunch --

Sir Crashalot · Postby **Sir Crashalot** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:22 am

Looking forward to an easy 5 tonight!

Strider · Postby **Strider** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:28 am

Sluggish 11.7km with 4-footer. Out and back on Corkstown Rd. Elliptical at lunch. Enjoy the first day of summer.

BaldGuy · Postby **BaldGuy** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:32 am

3.2K in the amazing foggy morning. Done.

ceileigh · Postby **ceileigh** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:59 am

I usually can not run the day after an ART session but today I had a great 4.5 KM speed session. 12C at 6:30AM ... slept with the windows open all night to cool the house down and had to put the summer sheets on the bed yesterday. I am not sure how I will cope when spring truly does arrive (return?) this weekend. Loving this weather! Full day ahead with board meetings, reports to write, and students to teach. Oh yeah, have to get ready for my very FIRST ever canine massage therapy client who arrives tomorrow morning

New things on the horizon!

Happy first day of spring - hope yours is happier then the robin on my yard - he is really pissed that he slept through spring and woke up in summer when he is just another bird in the yard and not that special first sign of warmer weather ahead!

La · Postby La » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:02 am

Another forced rest day.

Hammie · Postby **Hammie** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:32 am

my legs are a lot less sore today, but taking another day off to make sure they recover for the weekend. Rest for me.

Robinandamelia · Postby **Robinandamelia** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:36 am

6.5K on treadmill last night. 11K planned for tonight but I may cut it down and do a little bit of a taper before ATB. My legs are pretty tired but also sore from the renovation weekend as well. Decisions, decisions.

purdy65 · Postby **purdy65** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:38 am

Good Morning!

12K with 7K@ tempo pace. Felt really good. Once again in shorts!

fe.RMT · Postby **fe.RMT** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:04 am

plan is to run home from the clinic this afternoon to get in my commute and my workout at the same time. if this doesn't prove too difficult to pull off i will try and do it for all my Tuesday runs because trying to get that run in on Friday (same day as weight training) is so not working for me.

Dr. S · Postby **Dr. S** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:06 am

Morning!

tae-box at lunchtime. It's going to be so nice outside that I almost want to run after work too. We'll see if I have energy left after my class.

Have a good day!

scrumhalfgirl · Postby **scrumhalfgirl** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:10 am

Ended up running this morning instead of with the group tonight so DH could stay a bit later at work. Plus, I need to remind myself to take it easy - and that's a lot harder when running with a group that isn't tapering! 6km with the stroller.

CinC · Postby **CinC** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:34 am

solid swim after work last night - 2250m done.

bunch of stuff on my mind and woke up at 3am and couldn't fall back asleep - also knew that the alarm was going off before 5 so I think that played a role too. Anyway - got up when it did go off and got my 75min spin workout done by 6:15am.

date with a treadmill for intervals after work.

next up - coffee.

Miss*Smiles · Postby **Miss*Smiles** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:52 am

I walked to work today! It is GORGEOUS out!

rest day otherwise - I have school tonight.

have a great day!

ian · Postby **ian** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:22 am

Easy 15K. Nothing says equinox quite like heading straight east at sunrise.

JoaniB · Postby **JoaniB** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:25 am

I want to write a letter to Edmonton weather:
"Dear weather,
All my Ontario friends are laughing at me, and posting pictures of 20C-25C weather. Can we has some warm pls?
Kthxbai,
JoaniB"

In any case, it's supposed to be a balmy 4C or 8C this afternoon, depending on which service I ask, so I'm gonna jump out there and kick off 30 or so minutes of run!

Edited to add: I was feeling worse and worse through-out the day, so I decided to take the common sense route for once and not run. :(

AsicsWarrior · Postby **AsicsWarrior** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:38 am

no run for me today

but on the up side i did get a great workout shovelling for 2 hours......happy first day of spring was greeted by mother nature to us with 10 inches of fresh heavy snow........

now i will wait patiently for it to melt and for me to get out on the road again.......

ratherawkward · Postby **ratherawkward** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:54 am

6km with 5 hills was on the agenda for today - got it done, but the first 2 hills (a "proper" length/grade for hill repeats) really took it out of me, so I moved over to a slightly gentler area for the rest. I can't complain about this warm weather, but I'm certainly not acclimatized to it for a tough run yet!

Jogger Barbie · Postby **Jogger Barbie** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:53 am

So now winter is officially over, and I wonder how long it will keep its position in the record books as warmest, least snow, etc. Although I keep reminding myself that we could still get a blast of bad weather...there are many years that I've seen a bit of snow in April (although never any snow that lasted).

Nice 15 km this morning. At the beginning it was a bit eerie running in the dark and fog, but also kind of cool. There was so much moisture in the air today that it was literally condensing onto me, plus even though it was only 10 C and I didn't feel that I was sweating very much, I'm sure whatever sweat was happening was not really evaporating. Probably should have been in shorts instead of capris.

I'm not sure what my running will look like for the rest of the week. Tomorrow night is Runpub, but of course work is crazy and I can't count on getting there. So normally I would run in the morning and then potentially do a double if I don't get stuck at work. But with ATB this weekend, I want to back off just a little. So I will probably not run tomorrow morning, and cross my fingers that I do run in the evening. If not, guess I'll do 10 km or so on Thursday morning, something shorter than usual on Friday morning, and call it good until Sunday. This isn't supposed to be a race, more a hard training run, so no formal taper or anything.

DJHL · Postby **DJHL** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:03 pm

Did 10.1kms this morning in misty but not cold conditions. Average pace was 5:37/km but legs are feeling a bit tired today. Another 6kms scheduled for this evening

soulrunner · Postby **soulrunner** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:04 pm

Rest day here, and glad the weather is a bit better this week for the kids' school spring break!
Just hope it lasts, but thinking it won't...... rain doesn't usually get to me (I am considered a true west coast girl), but when I am stuck inside with five crazy kids, it can be a little tiresome!

Midge · Postby **Midge** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:20 pm

Very very warm 4 km run today

Cooler runs looked forward to

IronColl · Postby **IronColl** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:28 pm

Spin this afternoon

runJrun · Postby **runJrun** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:34 pm

Killer cardio/boxing class last night, my butt hurts - it is awesome! Have felt like I am fighting something last couple of days and today it seems to be settling in. A bit feverish and my blood sugars are all over the placed. Rest day for me I guess. Hope a good nights rest will get me back at it for a good run tomorrow

Jocelyn