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- run 2:24:38, 25.39 km
a little sore from the squats but not bad. ran with a buddy who was not as up for 16 miles as he thought, he just hit a wall with 4-5 miles to go. pace fell off quite a bit as a result. first run outside since the storm two weeks ago.

95 km/just under 8 hours for the week is good. plan calls for a down week this coming week, but i don't really feel like i need it. on the other hand, coming out of that will be the three peak weeks in terms of mileage, so maybe best just to stick to the plan and see where it takes me. maybe i'll do a race on saturday if i'm feeling good.

- treadmill intervals
-- warm up x 10 mins
-- 6 x [5:15 @ 8.7 mph, 1:45 @ 8.0 mph]
-- cool down x 8 mins
RPE 7.5-8, starting to be challenging on the final rep. HR rose gradually into the low 160s.

- treadmill intervals
-- warm up x 4 mins
-- 4 x [4 mins @ 9.1mph, 2 min jog, 4 mins @ 9.4mph, 4 min jog]
RPE 7.5, good stuff

- treadmill run x 60 mins @ 8.0 mph (4:41 km pace, 80% of 5k)

break to get back in line, ~10 mins

- treadmill run x 35 mins @ 8.1 mph (4:36 pace, 82% of 5k)

trying to be sanguine about not being able to really do full runs and workouts on the gym treadmills. i find it super rude when people do more than an hour, if there's a line, so i dutifully stepped off in the middle of this workout and waited my turn again. in the long run, i know it's all fine and it's great that i'm just getting work in at all. RPE 6.

yesterday

- treadmill progression run x 60 mins
started at 6 mph and gradually went up to 8.5 and then 9 at the very end. not exactly the same as a kenyan-style progression run since part of the whole point of those is to go by feel, but adjacent to it. forgot headphones so this was raw-dogged. RPE 6-6.5. HR just touched 160 at the very end.

today

- treadmill run x 54 mins @ 8:27 pace

- superset x 3
-- chin up x 5,5; pull up x 5
-- paused push up x 10

- TTB x 5; hanging L-sit straight leg hold x 10s

- treadmill run x 25 mins @ 8:27 pace

grinding it out, grinding it out.

ran 315 km/195 miles in january, pretty happy about that, especially with the storm disrupting everything.

- treadmill workout
-- warm up
-- 7 miles @ 85% of 5k pace (4:29/km)
-- cool down
8 miles total. RPE 6 but mainly because of the extra psychological load of treadmill monotony. i did listen to a podcast and a half, which helped a bit. saw a couple people running outside and am slightly tempted. but then even walking around is still slippery and unpredictable and it's just not worth the risk of getting hurt.

yesterday

- dreadmill run x 34 mins

- gettin' old strength circuit

- DB SLRDL 50 x 5,5

- dreadmill run x 30 mins

breaking up the run into two parts makes it much more tolerable. did "hill" sessions for both, which also helps break up the monotony. RPE 3 on the first one and 4 on the second one, which is a little too much for easy day, but i was feeling impatient.

migraine lingered throughout the day today but went away enough by evening to take a short walk. outdoor running is going to be challenging to impossible as long as this ice stays. where it's plowed/shoveled, it's okay, but people are inconsiderate about the latter and the former is really only effective on the main roads, in single lanes. alternating between postholing through dense, icy snow and sharing the road with drivers who have no idea how to winter drive, even if there are fewer than usual, seems like a recipe for disaster.

will try to get to the gym tomorrow and just bring headphones and grit my teeth through an hour-plus on the dreadmill. gonna shop for one, too, wife is also agitating for us to get one so she can more quickly return to running.