With a 1-2 punch, snow has won again

2/11/10--Nothing. With a 1-2 punch, snow has won again.


2/10/10--nothing! Blizzard-like conditions

2/9/10--hills in icy, snow packed West Chester. As a result, hills were much slower, between 62 and 65 seconds--7 to 10 seconds slower than usual. Kevin, Ed, Rachel, John and I hung together. There were still about 18 of us out there!

2/8/10--ran 4 miles around snow-covered neighborhood and Rustin lots.

2/7/10--roads and paths are covered. Drove to Penn Oaks. Warmed up on treadmill 1 mile, stretched for 10 minutes and proceeded with a treadmill workout. Did 6 x 2:00 with treadmill set at 4:47-mile pace. The 1/2 mile pace was 2:23.5 then. I was trying to run approximately .38 mile in 2:00. This is a little over 600 meters, 611.55 to be exact. Most times I could not quite get the machine to respond as quickly, so I wound up running .37 mile in 2:00. This is a little under 600 meters, 595.45 to be exact. Either way, I think about it like this: the first 25-30 seconds on the machine I was pushing the pace button to increase the speed from let's say 30:00/mile down to 4:47/mile. I just held the button down as hard and steady as I could. So, the first 30 seconds were spent off-pace and going only about 50 meters. This could mean that I ran 550 meters in 1:30-1:35. In-between repeats, I took a 5-minute rest. This is how I spent it: rested for 1 minute, got a drink, did 3 sets on one of the machine, rested another minute, and then I started making my way back to the treadmill.