Weather: Partly Cloudy, 14°F, 70% Humidity, Wind: From SW @ 14 mph; feels like -1°F.
Course: A neighborhood run, Three Plus One 4 Strides, made with USATF Map It!
Pace: 6:56 min./per mile
Just as I dreaded would be the case, it was FREEZING out this morning, but I sucked it up and set out to run my scheduled workout, complete with "strides."Strides (S): Gradual, smooth accelerations over 100 meters (straightaway on a track), running fast and controlled over the middle third--but NEVER SPRINTING--then just as gradually decelerating. Walk to full recovery after each.These (strides) I recall from both my own high school cross-country days and from watching my own son and daughter (as in the pic to the right) warm-up prior to races this past Fall. Finding a street on which to “stride” is a little more challenging in the winter (what with ice and snow and slush and--did I mention?--COLD) but I have a pretty fair internal sense of the distance (100 m) so I can pretty easily integrate it into the 3+ mile run—at least until the thaw is complete enough to allow my use of one of our local outdoor tracks!
Breathe in, breathe out… YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!
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