Winter Wonderland Run

As soon as it became obvious that it would snow, I looked forward to my weekend run. The thought of the ground covered in snow and temperatures in the mid 20's made me want to run more than I usually do. Everyone I mentioned it to thought I was crazy, but it was the idea of something different that made it more entertaining. When you plan on training as much as I do this year, variety can be your best friend, and I welcomed the opportunity to have a little different scenery. As far as I'm concerned I'd choose cold temperatures and great views over running on a treadmill at the gym any day.

Conditioning Over, Base-Building Ahead

The workouts with the personal trainer are now complete. Many thanks to Terrance for the motivation and variety of workouts he provided to whip me into shape. I can definitely say that he pushed me to work harder than I would have done on my own, and the workouts kept me going during the off-season when it would normally be easy to take a break. I'm now going to focus on gradually building up a base of workouts each week over the next couple of months. The goal is to start with one swim, one bike, and one run workout per week for a few weeks and then increase to two workouts of each for the next few weeks. I expect to be doing three workouts of each by March and top out at four workouts of each by April. These 12 workouts per week will continue at that point for the rest of the training schedule as I slowly increase the mileage.