RIGHT, WRONG OR OTHERWISE

I think the hardest part about adding cross-training into the mix is getting over writing a zero in the log book. Seriously, for an analytical, numbers-oriented type guy – right, wrong or otherwise – there’s a lot of satisfaction derived from adding numbers into my log book. And with the addition of skiing, I went from averaging about 1 day off of running per month to about 2 days off per week. Maybe I need to develop some type of cross-reference tool that converts time spent skiing into running “mileage”.

Or maybe I should stop worrying about my log book.

Yesterday I had the entire freshly groomed golf course near my house all to myself and I skied for an hour.

This morning I woke up, turned on the TV, saw -12 degrees, and went back to bed. I was hoping to get in another hill workout, but I’ll opt for the treadmill tonight. The good news is that this is supposed to be the last of this cold stretch.

I still haven’t decided whether or not I’ll run the Winter Carnival Half Marathon this weekend. I’ve probably run this race in each of the last 5 years. It’s always a nice benchmark for where my base training has taken me. Again, for an analytical, numbers-oriented guy, that can be a catch-22. While it’s nice to run some of the same races every year, it can also affect the confidence level if this year’s results are up to snuff compared to previous year’s results. Looks like it might be a “game day” decision.

Finally, it looks like someone lit a fire under the Team US Minnesota in order to get them to update their journals. It looks like four or five of them have been updated, so I won’t bother to list them individually.

Quote of the day;

“Every year after I’d been skiing, I’d come into the spring with so much strength work, I’d usually be ahead of the game by May. But the great thing is I wouldn’t get tired the way I think you would if you put in all those hours on the roads.” – Bob Kempainen