Training Log: bbrooke

Walked to & from the rec center.

Spin / yoga class -- part 1.

Spin / yoga class -- part 2.

I haven't done any long runs since 9/29, and I don't have a training plan for this month, so I had arbitrarily picked eight miles as my goal for this weekend.

Yesterday was a BEAUTIFUL, sunny, warm day (60s) -- but I was kinda unmotivated to run after getting up early for the corn maze meet and then having a big lunch afterwards with Doug, John & Amy.

So I had to get out today -- in the snow, with temps in the high 20s / low 30s. :-\

It actually wasn't so bad once I (finally) got started -- I saw occasional glimpses of sun & blue sky, and I had to stop twice to shed layers.

Ran eight at a comfortable pace, walked the rest -- from home up to Davidson Mesa, a variety of loops around the mesa and Harper Lake, and then back home.

My winter-running shoes are great for slushy, snowy conditions (since they're warm & very water resistant), but they're stiff & narrow -- and therefore I had hot-spots and toe numbness. But otherwise, thankfully / surprisingly, this did not feel like a grind.

Meet director for RMOC Corn Maze meet -- start / finish timing; data-entry & upload for results; uploaded event photos to Flickr & RMOC's Facebook page; drafted & sent HTML email with links and images.

Krisztina (1st female / 4th overall) and Stefano.

I walked through the corn maze after work to put letter cards on all the control posts (so that the competitive runners wouldn't have to wait for slow kids to hand over the punches -- this has cost people time in the past).

It got dark and COLD pretty soon after I started -- my fingers were numb by the time I finished.

Sunset / moonrise in the maze.

C • moonrise? 4

Final prep work for Corn Maze meet -- designed, printed & assembled awards (fridge magnets...again); assembled treat bags for winners -- fridge magnets, Halloween candy & mini pumpkins; created start lists by class for manual time-keeping.

Another "unofficial" workout with a couple of LoCOfit friends.

- Ran one mile to warm up.

- 10 x (two minutes fast / two minutes walking recovery).

- Ran back around to the trailhead to cool down.

Collected info, images & links for RMOC update; drafted & sent HTML email. Posted a final pre-reg reminder to RMOC's Facebook page. Pre-reg data cleanup.

Runners Roost group run in the SNOW (first snow of the season today).

I made an effort to maintain a decent pace.

We had the usual pizza & beer afterwards -- and another batch of pumpkin spice whoopie pies (just like the ones Jody made for the meet on Sunday). What are the odds of that?!

I won a Salomon women's t-shirt in the raffle at the end of the night -- yay!

Then a few of us went out for more pizza & beer at 12 Degree.