Every year I think I complain about winter in Pittsburgh and training in predominately poor weather for a marathon that comes only a few short weeks after the official start of spring. Well, my complaining about the previous two winters was nothing compared to this year. Between the ice, snow, wind chills and extremely low temperatures training has not gone well at all so far...
I keep reading that there are no excuses for running and training. Cold and weather should not be an excuse but I'm not meant for training in winter. Maybe I would be a true runner if I lived in Florida.
January went well with a combination of short runs inside and outside before the bottom dropped with the terrible weather in February. Unfortunately, the only running I did last month was on the stairs at the fire hall, which was actually a good workout and I hope in the long run will make me stronger.
Today, in the calm before the next storm I decided to take a longer five mile training run - my longest so far. Needless to say it didn't go well. I ran one of the steepest hills in Pittsburgh - my lungs were killing me, so I had to walk a lot of it. I ran down the other side - downhill kills my knees. Plus I was wearing my brand new shoes and running on an incredibly sore knee (the one I injured in the fall, which has been acting up again).
I got more than halfway through and my knee wouldn't go any further. Dennis had to come and rescue me. I thought I was going to cry right on the street in Lawrenceville because I had to stop and I was so upset with myself for not completing my training run.
Stopping was probably the best option before the knee got worse. After some Tylenol, I'm all ready to try again tomorrow. I'm only going to shoot for four and hope it goes much better than today. I was pretty discouraged earlier but I'm hoping I'm not the only one with training problems this year due to this crappy weather. It's after all not my first half marathon, so hopefully that will carry me through.
Waiting on some sunshine and temperate weather to really get this training off on a better start!
I keep reading that there are no excuses for running and training. Cold and weather should not be an excuse but I'm not meant for training in winter. Maybe I would be a true runner if I lived in Florida.
January went well with a combination of short runs inside and outside before the bottom dropped with the terrible weather in February. Unfortunately, the only running I did last month was on the stairs at the fire hall, which was actually a good workout and I hope in the long run will make me stronger.
Today, in the calm before the next storm I decided to take a longer five mile training run - my longest so far. Needless to say it didn't go well. I ran one of the steepest hills in Pittsburgh - my lungs were killing me, so I had to walk a lot of it. I ran down the other side - downhill kills my knees. Plus I was wearing my brand new shoes and running on an incredibly sore knee (the one I injured in the fall, which has been acting up again).
I got more than halfway through and my knee wouldn't go any further. Dennis had to come and rescue me. I thought I was going to cry right on the street in Lawrenceville because I had to stop and I was so upset with myself for not completing my training run.
Stopping was probably the best option before the knee got worse. After some Tylenol, I'm all ready to try again tomorrow. I'm only going to shoot for four and hope it goes much better than today. I was pretty discouraged earlier but I'm hoping I'm not the only one with training problems this year due to this crappy weather. It's after all not my first half marathon, so hopefully that will carry me through.
Waiting on some sunshine and temperate weather to really get this training off on a better start!
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