My weekend was somewhat of a whirlwind of parties, with a 30th anniversary dinner for dear family friends on Friday night, a Christmas open house at my (almost-9-months-pregnant) cousin's on Saturday afternoon, a girls' evening of decorating gingerbread houses and playing Cranium Saturday night and my nephew's 2nd Birthday party on Sunday.
Here's a quick pic of hubby and I at dinner (it's not ever day you get to see me in something other than running attire) and a peak at the gingerbread madness.
In the midst of all the parties, I still made it to Boot Camp Saturday morning and logged another 15.5 miles toward my goal of 1000 in 2008. Saturday morning I logged a short 3 before boot camp and yesterday morning I headed out for 20K (about 12.5mi) in very wintery conditions - it was -12C (10F) with a -20C (-4F) windchill and gusting winds over 40 km/h. I ran through snow drifts and fought blustering snow from all directions. There were a few mishaps along the way - frozen Sharkies, frozen water (should've used vodka) and a dropped glove in the port-o-let - but I stuck it out and finished the run in about 2:05.
Overall, week one was a success and I logged 3K more than planned.
On to week two...
Monday: off
Tuesday: 5K easy (+ H.O.T. class)
Wednesday: 7K with 20 mins. steady state (5:28-5:37/KM pace)
Thursday: 5K recovery (+ Spin)
Friday: 6K easy
Saturday: off (Boot Camp)
Sunday: 22K steady run (6:04 to 6:41/KM)
Weekly Total: 45K
Time to catch up on what you've all been up to this weekend - congrats to all the racers!
24 comments:
you're brave to have run outside yesterday, i opted for the treadmill. i didn't want to add another injury or mishap to my 2008 lol. Sounds like a great weekend, with awesome mileage! :)
Great job on the 12.5mi in those conditions! Brrrr.....
The gingerbread houses came out beautifully.
Great job getting those workouts in while still maintaining the social calendar!
SOunds like a fun weekend. Ooo you poor thing losing your glove in the porta pottie! It was freezing yesterday, ran at an indoor track!
Sounds like a great weekend. Nice job!
Love the houses. I never has the patience to do that. Great job on the cold run!
That definitely must have been a cold run! Yesterday it was blizzarding here so I was glad it was my rest day!
Glad they worked good for you! You're pictures are too cute :) Nice workout week with great mileage too!
Nice job on the hatphone run and way to go on racking up the digits. That is really impressive.
That's a great pic of you and hubs, too. Thanks for sharing.
What a productive weekend. Good luck getting those last miles in this month - I'm sure you will make it!
That's intense!Cold and busy! You're hardcore. i'm slowly working my way into--winter conditions!
Good for you!
Great photo! I don't know, you look so FANCY when you're not in running attire. ;) And I love gingerbread houses...to think that's the same person who braves blustering gales and below freezing temps for 20K! Definitely best to keep a small flask of vodka for days like that.
Marlene, you're so inspiring!!!
Sounds like a fun weekend. I've never made a gingerbread house...I might just do that this year.
That is a really nice photo! It is nice to see pictures of people in "real life" :). Your distances are impressive. You must really be in great shape with all this cross training and runs. I also decided on running on an indoor track...round, and round, and round, and round....
Great job with getting your run in! That weather is ROUGH!!! I could barely handle a 5K in it, let alone 20K!
Cute pictures, too!
Good job with your run and what adorable gingerbread houses!!!
Oooo la la! You look fabulous! And I'm LOVING those gingerbread houses. Oooohhhh YUMMY!!
I just stumbled across your blog and really enjoy it! I saw those hatphones on the chic runner's blog too. I'm definetly adding them to my xmas list.
You inspired me to run outside today too. I figured if you could do it up in Canada, I can certainly do it along the mid Atlantic!
ps...i tagged you in my post today
The weather outside is frightful ☺ We deserve a big thaw right about now. Vodka sounds good.
Those gingerbread houses look awesome. Glad to hear the Hatphones are awesome!
What a crazy weather we've been having lately!! Good job on the 12 miler in that =)
My dog goes outside for a big 2 mins and wants to come back home, he's shivering and holding his paws in the air looking at me weirdly... it's going to be a long winter for him LOL
sounds like a great weekend... LOVE the pic of you 2 - you guys are so cute!!!
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