Back to running
As you could read in my post from yesterday, I had quite a week(end) behind me. So obviously I did not have time and I lacked any fitness to go running.
Conditions were very extreme today and every water body I passed was frozen
Today I decided to pick up where I left off, before I would really have trouble getting back into the routine. So despite the Siberian conditions when I left home this morning and not getting warmer than -6 degrees when I set off, I had to face the conditions regardless.
The cold really affected my run today and it gave me quite some difficulties. Despite not having ran in a week I could not match my pace from my previous runs. Off course this was partially due to my illness, but the wind in my face really hindered my breathing. I decided that today was just not ideal and settled for the 4 kilometers and run again tomorrow.
An extreme cold dryness today, hard for breathing and for the knees
Here are the stats from my Garmin Fenix 3, for those of you who want to hook up on Garmin Connect and follow me go to this link and let's connect!
Look at that temperature, even without the windfactor!
My last 3 runs in comparison, all on this course
This all fits in nicely with the plan that I currently have in mind to prepare myself for my marathon trainings:
I got this plan from @apprentice, when I first started thinking about competing in a marathon
This is just one persons' opinion and I would welcome your feedback. My plan is to build up to this routine slowly by running 4 times a week now on Tuesdays (5/6 kilometers), Wednesdays (5/11 kilometers), Fridays (5/6 kilometers) & Sundays (11/22 kilometers) until May or June and then start with this routine slowly.
I have almost a whole year until the first marathon that I'm thinking about participating in, so plenty of time to really prepare myself well. I look forward to your opinions, which I know many of you have and you even have more experiences.
On a final note, I still keep finding out (3rd time now that I make this announcement now) that many people still haven't heard of the @runningproject or its bot @isotonic, so if you're a runner and want to be rewarded, just join our community. It's easy and quick and the 1 SBD or Steem is earned back in no time as you get an upvote on EACH post, not just the ones about running.
Keep running and stay fit!
Doron
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