Today was probably the coldest day of the fall/winter so far. And it wasn't so much the air temperature, it was the 44 km/h (gusting to 66 km/h) winds. Before I left work, I noticed it was 0, feels like -8. That's somewhat unpleasant. So what did I do when I got home? Bundled up and headed out for a 10 mile run.
Since we just moved, I had to familiarize myself with the new neighbourhood, so I spent the afternoon memorizing my Map My Run five mile loop. My intention was to do the five mile loop. If everything was good, I'd do a second loop. If I was getting cold, I'd stop at home and finish on the treadmill. The final result was 5 miles outside, and 5 in, but not for the reasons above.
See, I'm training for the WDW Marathon, which is in Florida, which is flat. In our old neighbourhood, it was flat. There was probably a total of 20 feet of elevation change over multiple loops. So that works for prep. But at our new house, it is not flat. If flatness were on a continuum, with pan-flat at one extreme, and constant, repetitive steep ups and downs at the other, my new runs are definitely right of center. In general, this is a good thing. Running hills makes you strong. I like running hills. And the races I'll be doing next summer all have climbing, so running hills every day is a good idea. However, right now, I don't need the hills. My intention is to run about half of my outside runs outside, then finish on the treadmill, at least until January. That gets me fresh air, and good work, but I can still work on my flat speed. That's why, after the first loop, I pulled in, turned on the Dragonforce, and rocked out 5 miles on the treadmill.
Run: 5 miles @ 145 bpm (attempted, with wind and hills was as low as 132, and as high as 156)
5 miles @ 150 bpm on treadmill (approx. 6.9 mph, 1.5% grade)
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