Good Finish to February

Wow what a way to finish up February's training with a 10 mile run in a snow storm. For once, the local weather folks got it right. Woke up at 6am and looked outside thinking, ah the weather guy probably didn't know what he was talking about, there's no snow... Oh wait, looks like about an inch so far and it was really coming down! Cool! This should be fun! Snow is about the only weather we haven't run in this year. Just mostly freezing cold.

Plan was to meet the usual suspects out at Longview Lake at 7am. On the way over, Christopher called to see if I was indeed going out. Being that I was already 10 minutes into the drive out of course I said yes. Should have told him I was still in bed!! haha

So of all the guys made aware of our run plan, only 4 showed. And one, Brian, was new to the group. So Christopher, Eric, Brian and myself started out into the snow! *note to self, bring sun glasses next time!* Running into the wind/snow was pretty cold but once we turned south and with the wind it was awesome. Wish I would have had a camera with me as the site of the lake being hidden by the snow was really cool.

Turned out to be a great run even though the footing was pretty slippery. Would have been good to get in 13 miles or so, but 10.5 in those conditions felt like 13! And with the 10 miles, it put me at 111 miles for the month.

Run Stats: 10.5 miles, 1:28:05 (8:23/mi), 146 avg HR

Sunday the weather kept me indoors on the trainer for a ride. Aerobic ride of 6 x 10 minutes with 1 minute rest. With the warmup and cool down total 1:18:00 and 24 miles. Finished up the day with yoga at 24HR with A and Kelsey. Then pizza and vino at Spin Pizza (thanks to Eric for the pizza place tip!)

Pretty happy with the February training. Lots of time and no real injuries with the higher volume.

• Swim: 20,000 meters - 5:49:21
• Bike: 159.25 miles - 9:29:36
• Run: 111.2 miles - 15:04:01