Today's Run

8 degrees 4.5 miles 45 minutes.

In the airport

Traveling to Charlotte, NC for a funeral. I ran this morning, 3 miles, it was cold. Real cold. Actually, fake cold. 2 or 3 degrees wit a wind chill of -16. My face mask was frozen halfway through the second mile. After the run I made breakfast, rostï potatoes, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee.
The airport is slow today. There will be about 40 of us on the plain and our flight crew just came in from Saskatoon.

Ragnar Relay: Great River — My mapped legs

These are the three legs of the Great River Ragnar Relay that I'm running this coming Friday and Saturday.

If my math is somewhat close to being correct, after starting from Winona at 6:00am on Friday morning, my teammates will run a total of 4 hours and 13 minutes before I have my first leg of 8.2 miles.

After my first leg, which should take me approximately one hour and 6 minutes, my teammates will run for a combined total of 9 hours and 45 minutes (roughly) before I run my second leg of 6.2 miles. This second leg should take me 53 minutes to complete. At this point in the relay the time should be 10 pm and I'll have another 9 hours and 13 minutes before I have to run again.

My third and last leg will be 7 miles long and should take me an hour to complete it. My team, the Rock-N-Runners, should cross the finish line at 1:46 pm on Saturday with a total time of 31 hours and 46 minutes.

This is all based on estimated pace and will more than likely not be our actual finishing time.


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Ragnar Relay Great River

I'm running this with some people I met through the Running Room. Once school is finished I'll start seriously training. Right now my training is nearly nonexistent.
The race starts in Winona and ends in Minneapolis, (195 miles total split up between 12 people) and follows the Great River Road along side the Mississippi River. I can't wait.

10 Kilometers in the Snow

I brought my phone with me on my run today so I could use the Map My Run app to track my distance. While running I realized I could take a few pictures and share with everyone the amazing snow covered landscape I was trudging through. I started in Loring Park then ran through the sculpture garden, as I usually do, then headed out to Theodore Wirth Park by way of the North Cedar Lake Regional Trail, and back again. There were a few places that required high stepping through knee-high snow banks, and one stretch where I had to run in the road, but all in all it was a great 6.2 miles.

New shoes, great run

I ran in my Mizuno Precision 11s today for the first time. They're light and responsive with the perfect amount of cushioning for my preference, as if they were designed after the winged sandals of Hermes.The run followed a 3.5 mile loop I'm fond of, which takes me through the Walker Sculpture Garden, into downtown on the North Cedar Lake Regional Trail then back home again. I decided to dress light, in tights and shorts and a long sleeve shirt, due to the air temperature hovering around 32 degrees. Now I can't wait to get out and use my shoes again. I think tomorrow I'll run to Theodore Wirth Park and back, which should be about 10 kilometers.