Grooved to Run

Today was Week 7 Day 2 of the Couch-to-5K running plan. I was supposed to run yesterday, but due to the snow I ended up postponing it until today.

Although some of the roads were plowed today, the area is still in pretty rough shape following yesterday’s snow and ice. It was about 17 degrees (4 degrees with windchill) and rather windy when I left the house. The sidewalks in the development were completely impassable and the roads weren’t much better. I was able to slowly jog on the roads, but even that was no small task.

Total was 3.06 miles in 40:21 (13:10 pace). Warm-up was 0.39 miles in 5:40 (14:42 pace). The 25-minute run was 2.10 miles in 25:36 (12:10 pace) with a 4.9 MPH average speed and 6.9 MPH max. Cool-down was 0.57 miles in 9:04 (15:52 pace).

The good news is that today’s run felt really good. At no point was I out of breath, and I actually enjoyed the 25-minute jog. The bad news is that by most standards, my paces were way too slow. But with the snow and ice as slick as it was, I’d rather go slower than normal than to try to go faster and end up turning an ankle or something. With only seven more workouts to go, I need to be careful.

Weather permitting, I plan on getting back on my M/W/F schedule and doing W7D3 tomorrow.