Today the EN off-season (OS) plan calls for a long ride. The Computrainer (CT) is the place to be when it's 20-degrees outside, so hubby and I ride together on Saturday mornings. This is a challenging 2-hour workout. It went well today, and I hit all my interval markers right on the money. The best part was the 20' brick following, where I ran my normal loop at least 1:30 faster than I ever have. I have a little challenge I enjoy on faster runs, and it's from a crack in the sidewalk at the corner of my street, to a crack in front of my driveway. My best time ever was 1:38, and today I did it in 1:35! Whoo hoo, this off-season is kicking in.
My running has been so slow the past few years, and add a big quad injury on top of that, and this OS running has been a long, arduous climb for me. I'm not back where I was (not even close), but the work is paying off. It feels so good to work as hard as I have the past few months, and get the payback! I still have lots of trepidation and baggage about toeing the line at a half-marathon road race, so I think I'll give it till spring. Heck, there isn't one around here anyway at the moment!
College son #1 stopped in for a drive-by visit with his sweet girlfriend with the beautiful name, Delilah. It was great to see him. He just got back from a non-stop drive from CO in a 1984 Econoline van that runs on veggie fuel. Perfect college road trip. They had a blast in, ahem, Aspen. The parents of the veggie van owner live there. Not a bad place to land for a nice January break.
