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Running:
First a recap of the rest of my week. The weather sure turned cold on us here in Wisconsin again. Temps with wind chills most of this week have been below zero, especially in the mornings. In the middle of the week the wind chills didn't get above zero all day. On Thursday 1/28 I got out for a lunch time run of 8 miles in 1:5:30. I did the same 8 miles as the previous weeks with 3 laps around a local subdivision. On Friday I did my Springdale/Davidson loop of 7.5 miles in 1:2:12 during my lunch break. Saturday morning I ran the same 15 miles I have the previous 3 Saturdays. I ran it in 2:05:05. This is two loops around my favorite home course. I can drop water about a mile out so I can grab it on my second loop around. This morning I got out for a nice 10 mile route around Pretty Lake and back. I ran this loop a little slow in 1:25:51, but it was an enjoyable morning.
This year is off to a very good start. The runs above capped off a 65 mile week for me. I only had one week all last year higher than this total. That gives me 244 miles MTD/YTD. Again last year I only had 1 month with a higher total. My run log shows me I averaged 55 miles per week in January. The Odometer is now up to 25,410. I'll for sure be taking Monday off for a rest day. I will also be looking to take a fall back week sometime soon. Just not sure if it will be this coming week yet though.
Hunting:
I did pick up the two deer heads from the taxidermist last week. They look fantastic. I can't wait to get them hung up for display. I'll get a picture of them posted as soon as I can.
Gardening:
I really need it to warm up a bit now so I can get out to prune all my fruit trees. I have a couple months yet I suppose to get it in. As long as you prune them while dormant it will be OK. Not much sense working outside on this job when it's this cold. Running or hunting isn't bad, but working in it isn't fun for me. Dormant oil spray will also need to be applied, but I know you can cause bud damage if it is too cold when you apply it. Should be lots of time before the end of March to get this done.
Running:
It's been a good month running so far. For this week I mentioned Monday mornings run already in the last post. Monday during my lunch break I continued my cross training with 20 minutes on the elliptical to warm up followed by extra weights, and stretching. Tuesday I again went in the morning before work for a 9 mile run in 1:15:08. It's back to cold again especially early. Had to be careful for icy spots where the melting snow froze along the sides of the roads. Wednesday I ran my hill repeat workout again. This is the 4th week in a row I was able to do this. I ran the out and back and 8 repeats of the hill in 1:05:13. Again a slight improvement from last week. The runs this week have pushed me to 204 miles MTD with a few more runs to get in. All except 7.5 miles have been outside. Not a bad number for January and certainly a good start to the year.
Above is a couple of pictures of my training hill. From down below looking up and above looking down. You can get an idea for the steepness of the hill, but can't see the full length because of the turn at the bottom of the hill. I would guess this is about 75 to 100 foot incline over .20 mile. The .40 up and back repeats take somewhere around 3:30 to complete.
Hunting:
Wednesday I got some good news from the taxidermist. Today I will be able to pick up two deer that I brought in. The one I shot in 2008 with my bow and the one I got last year during gun season. I'm excited to be able to get these back in my possession. I still don't have one deer I brought to a different taxidermist back after three years and a month. Shows you how one taxidermist has totally been ignoring my job when you see how quickly they can really be done. Last I checked about a month ago I was 8th on his list to be completed. I'll have to go check again.
Running:
I need to recap a few runs. On Friday I got out for 7.5 miles during my lunch break. I ran my Springdale loop in 1:2:01. Based on the forecast I knew I would need to get out for my long run on Saturday so I'm glad I got out early. I did the same 15 mile course as the previous week. I ran it Saturday in very close to the same time as last week in 2:6:59. So up to this point the week was exactly the same as the previous one. At this point I don't see much need for running more than around two hours. Too many miles too fast will likely get me burned out a bit before I have anything even planned for sure. Sunday morning the rain was really coming down. I knew I had to run in the morning if I was to get out, so I opted to end my outdoor streak for January and just did 7.5 miles on the treadmill in exactly 1 hour. This gave me 53 miles for the week and 179 MTD. Since I had a little easier weekend than anticipated I got out early this morning for 8 additional miles in 1:5:58. I will likely still work out at my lunch break today, but no additional running. I'll see how the week goes, but maybe I won't take an off day. Just an easy/shorter day or two.
