January in Review

31 01 2012

First I need to thank mother nature. January in Wisconsin can suck. There could have been 3 feet of snow. It could have been below zero for half the month. It was none of that. There was one week I deemed it too cold to run outside in the morning. And maybe one day I deemed it too icy. Overall January was a good month. I started off the month sick and in CA for the Rose Bowl so didn’t even have miles planned for the first few days of the new year, but ended up getting the majority of my miles in during the other weeks of the month.

Overview:

Total Mileage: 94
Miles with Sara: 48
Longest Run: 13.64
Hardest Run: 13.64 miles on the trails in the snow. It almost killed me.
Races: 3

  1. Snow Fun Run 5 Miler
  2. Indoor Marathon Relay
  3. GLM Expo Run – 5K 

I think this was a pretty darn good January. I ran 35 miles last January. Of course I was running for the first time in four months last year and not coming off an awesome December, but it is still fun to see that huge jump. I’m pretty sure if I looked back further this is probably my highest January mileage ever. I can’t even express how nice it is to have this much of a base to go into spring training. I have quite a bit on the horizon in the next few months and goals to reach.

Next up: PR at the Warm Your Heart Indoor 5K


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S-NO-W Fun Run

9 01 2012

Seriously the most fun race ever. If you live anywhere within driving distance of Lake Geneva, WI you should do this race next year. For $30 you get to run a 5 miler, food (burgers and brats), beer (Leinenkugel and Miller), random door prizes, a DJ, a dance contest, and a party that went on late into the night.

Let me start at the beginning. I received a text from Mo that said something along the lines of “I heard about this awesome 5 mile race. You are doing it.” So I get on the internet and look it up. We apparently signed up within moments of each other based on our race numbers. The next conversation was “we should spend the night in Lake Geneva.” Done and done.

We met a noon, checked in, picked up our numbers, ate lunch and put our awesome matching outfits on.

The course was simple out and back. Crowded start, but it spread out quickly. First mile was around 8:35, which ended up averaging out nicely when we started around 9:30 and then caught ourselves running sub 8. We chatted for the first 4 miles and then I decided to try and kill us when going up the only hill. Then someone said “around the next corner”. Dirty, dirty liar. There were like 3 more corners, plus Garmin only said 4.6 when the guy said that.

Finish time: 40:51 (8:09) Yay!

Cinnamon Schnapps

And the post-race celebration begins. There were tables and tables on schnapps and some water. Mo and I decided to run upstairs and change out of our race outfits. When we made it back down to the ballroom it was hopping. We grabbed some beer and some food and looked around for somewhere to sit. We saw some space and joined some random people sitting on the ground. We chose well. We ended up sitting by fun people.

Jewel, Jenn, Me, and Mo

Me, Jenn, Shannon

Making a costume out of bunny ears and running clothes

Oh and Jewel won the Sausage Contest

There might have been some more craziness, but those are the only photos you get.

Moral of the story: Do this race. We will all be back. It was awesome.


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