Another busy week of visiting friends and family across Ohio and Indiana. This has been a good trip to explore new and old running locations. It was a pretty nice week, despite sleeping on air mattresses and constantly being exhausted!
Monday I don’t normally run on Monday’s but thought I should since I don’t know how much time I’ll have throughout the week. I am glad I did! It was a nice 6 mile run at Fort Harrison again. I was going to try running on all the trails, but one was flooded over. It was in the mid-30’s with lots of sunshine. I ran past a bunch of runners from Lawrence Central High School and a couple of park employees but otherwise a quiet and peaceful run. One part was pretty muddy and both of my shoes are now brown, so they are officially broken in! I think it was 53:25 for the run.
Tuesday due to traveling and breakfast commitments there was no run in store for me.
Wednesday we woke up in Lakewood, OH (a Cleveland suburb) to a fresh layer of snow and blustery wind. No more than an inch on the ground and wind coming from every direction I ran 5.25 miles along the Rocky River. This is a nice paved (and plowed) trail along the river about 0.5 mile from my sister’s house. The trail was a little icy and there were some people out. I actually saw a few guys fishing in the middle of the river. I only ran a short segment of the trail but would recommend it if you are in the area. On the out and back run there was a nice hill at the end. I felt pretty good and finished in around 42:55 with a 10 degree windchill.
Thursday Happy New Year! I slept in like most of you, though I wasn’t hungover. We spent much of day driving, again!
Friday After visiting a few people in Anderson I went for a run at Mounds State Park. When I lived there I ran here almost every day, so it brought back a lot of memories. Today’s 5 mile loop was pretty muddy, which does add a little element of fun to the run. The sun was out too which made the 38 degrees feel almost perfect. I finished in 39:02 slowly picking up the pace during the last 1/2 mile. I am definitely not used to running hills, so we’ll see how sore I am!
Saturday was a beautiful morning for a long run. I ran from my in-law’s house to Fort Harrison State Park and ran around the trails and back for 10.5 miles. The trail that had been flooded over earlier in the week had been fixed and a new drain added to help funnel the water so I ran on that too. I’m pretty sure I ran on every trail in the park over the 2 weeks. Nothing eventful today except for being a little sore from yesterday’s run on the hills at Mounds State Park. 1:26:04 was my time with the temperature at 27 with an 18 windchill and lots of sun!
Sunday was the long drive back to Minneapolis.
Weekly Totals
Running – 26.7 miles
Last Year
Run: 12.0 Mi
Bike: 17.1 Mi
The week began at the end of the year with December Highlights. The new year began with a little euphoria, before the move to Minneapolis. I also highlighted the new Spirit of the Marathon movie.