training - 2

This was slightly more exciting than it looks.

Go out and catch that Easter Bunny. Nancy ran for 10 miles in the sleet yesterday and still didn't manage to track him down.

Speaking of questionable pursuits, Nancy just signed up for the Journeys Half Marathon, and I signed up for the 5K. Not really what I was hoping for, but that's what my new roboshoulder dictates. It'll still be a fun time.

That's it for now, folks. 

Finally!

I watched part of this while I was riding on the bike trainer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMSaWOguDv8

Pretty exciting stuff!

Pretty nice out. Roads are drying up and we've been exploring some new loops. I was late getting home from work last night so I ran alone.

It was nice this weekend.

We had planned on 5 miles for Sunday, but I was feeling like doing a bit more. So we ran hills until my will was broken.

Up to 10 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow though. Bleh.

A foot of light, fluffy stuff today. Our new weather station was completely covered in snow and looked like some kind of coconut lollipop at the top of its pole.

We meandered around for our runs this week, getting in about 15 miles. The weather's been so nice we haven't hit the fitness center yet, but that's already changed with this weekend's snow. It's really icy below the fluff.

"Real" training begins soon, and I'm a little nervous for whatever plan Nancy's cooking up...

In an effort to hit a particular goal before the year's end, I ran again today. Nancy and I headed out into the darkness a little after 6:30 PM, armed with reflective clothes and my new Hexbright flashlight, which was a graduation gift from TJ.

The flashlight performed admirably, as did my freshly-rooted MotoACTV fitness watch. It's an Android device, and I'd been wanting to add some software to it after marathon season was over. Tonight was the first trial of MotoACTV TCX Exporter, and it works great. I think Motorola is winding down support for the MotoACTV, and the official portal has never been very reliable. This exporter automatically generates TCX files on the watch itself, which I can then upload directly to my favorite tracker, SportsTrackLive.

Planning for one more run in 2012...

Nancy and I took a 4-mile loop around town this morning. Houghton is quite the ghost town today. Here's me doing something superhero-like in the middle of the street.

And here's us on campus looking cold and awkward.

Now time for a nap before dinner. Happy assorted winter holidays, folks!