Running For Trevor

8 mile Santaquin Orchard Loop.  34 degrees, no wind, & sunny out.  Perfect weather for a Sunday run. :)  7:15 pace which is fast for me...must have been the warm temps and the impromptu fartleks egged on by getting chased by farm dogs.  I run the loop all the time and never get chased by dogs during the week but for some reason Sunday is like the official let your massive farm dogs roam the streets day or something.  At least I can out run overweight dogs I guess!

8 mile Santaquin Orchard loop with Jen & Lily.  A little wet but really pretty with the light snowfall.  7:30ish pace. 

Merry Christmas everyone!  If anyone is interested in running tomorrow on Christmas let me know.  I really just want a good excuse to wear my awesome Rudolph hat again. ;)

8.6 lovely Christmas miles.  Ice skating around Pleasant Grove in my Kinvaras with JulieC.  So much fun!  My garmin was dead but Julie told me we did 8.6 miles at a 8:46 pace.  This run was perfect and I am so glad to have a good friend that was willing to run with me (even in the ice) on Christmas morning. :)

7 miles in Salem with Jen, 8:15 pace.  Icy, and a random blizzard that was blowing snow everywhere along the way.  I only fell once which was a small miracle.  The weather is forcing me into a true recovery week which is actually kind of nice.

The real challenge began as I inched my way to work in my civic ever so slowly. 

PM:  4 miles on the treadmill, 7:30 pace

planks/pushups - I need to get back on track with the ST I'm turning into a total wuss.

8 miles on the treadmill in 56 minutes.  Ran way faster than normal because I wanted 8 miles and needed to allow myself as much extra time on the roads as possible.  What a freaking mess outside!  I really, really hope the roads clear up this weekend so that I can head south to Vegas.  I need to get the heck out of Utah!

Back to ice running....I think I'm getting good at it. ;)  11.2 miles out & back in Provo Canyon with JulieC.  We were the only people dumb enough to run the canyon today I think because there was no other footprints to be seen.  My headlamp died after about a mile so we just kind of trudged along.  A few spots with ankle deep snow so it was good practice to actually lift my legs while running rather than just running completely flat footed like I normally do.  My quads and calves are already sore and got quite the workout.  People were starring at us because we were snow covered and probably had icicles hanging from our hair.  haha definitely one of my favorite runs to date.  The canyon was beautiful on the way down all snow covered and glowing.  8:24 pace for the run and most importantly no falls. :)

PM:  2.5 easy on the TM.  Felt like crap but I really want to reach my secret mileage goal of 2012 and every mile counts.

12.7 miles, Full Santaquin Orchard loop with Jen (8 miles) + shortened loop solo (4.7 miles).  I took a quick 2 min break in between to blow the frozen snot from my nose and then got right back out there.  I knew that if I stopped for too long I wouldn't make it back out.  It was 10 degrees when we started and 12 when I finished.  Roads were pretty dry which was a good thing because I did not have to practice my ice running skills but also meant that of course the energizer bunny Jen went faster.  A really good workout for me and seriously despite the cold temps about a zillion times better than the treadmill!  When Jen and I finished we were at a 7:20 pace and I just wanted to try and keep it there for my extra miles.  Finished the 12.7 at a 7:19 pace.  My last mile before the .7 cooldown was 6:45 which effort wise felt about like a 6:15 but in this weather I will take it. 

Does anyone have opinions about pace conversion when running in this cold of weather?  In my opinion it takes more effort to run faster but I could be totally off my rocker and am curious what others think.