• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Run The Long Road Coaching

personalized coaching for distance runners

  • Philosophy
  • Services
    • Policies
  • Shop
  • Success Stories
  • FAQs
  • Meet Kristy
  • Contact
  • FaceBook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Baby It's Cold Outside

January 22, 2011 by Kristy 8 Comments

1/22/11

17 miles

2:37:59

9:17 avg pace

The good old training plan called for 17 miles at 9:30 pace.  I try and do my long runs a little faster and run based on how I feel.  It wasn’t as fast as last week’s long run but it was almost 20 degrees colder.  Yup, the “feels like” temp was about 3 degrees when I started running this morning.  Brrrr.  It took me almost 10 minutes to get dressed.  I had on 2 pairs of socks, running tights with running pants over top, a tank, the wonderful Lululemon Run: Alpine Pullover, and a mid-weight windbreaker over that.  On my head I wore a Dri-FIT baseball hat with a fleece headband.  I felt like Randy (little brother) from A Christmas Story.  But I was so comfortable the entire time – not too hot and not too cold.  All in all, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be.

I even had a running buddy for the first 10.5 miles!  My neighbor, Maximus, joined me.  His name isn’t really Maximus.  I asked him to come up with an alias for the blog and that’s what he said.  Maximus is a triathlete (he does Half Ironmans) who can run circles around me.  He started tagging along on my long runs last summer to get his mileage up.  He’s a great running buddy because (1) he does most of the talking and tells entertaining stories and (2) he let’s me set the pace and just comes along for the ride.   Thanks “Maximus” for braving the elements today!

Splits:

M1 – 9:32
M2 – 9:40
M3 – 9:10
M4 – 9:19
M5 – 9:15 –> Shot Blok #1 (frozen solid, very interesting to eat)!
M6 – 9:23
M7 – 9:14
M8 – 9:27
M9 – 9:12
M10 – 9:12 –> Shot Blok #2
M11 – 9:18
M12 – 9:23
M13 – 9:13
M14 – 9:09 –> Shot Blok #3
M15 – 9:11
M16 – 9:16
M17 – 8:56

After the run, I did a little of this to thaw out.  Hawk was more than happy to join me by the heater.  Please ignore my red, chapped face.  The wind was a little brutal today.

We are in the midst of painting…that orange stripe in the background is not permanent.

I’ll leave you with one of my favorite moments from Glee.  This is one of my favorite Christmas songs…and it’s very fitting for today!

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: long runs, Lululemon Run: Alpine Pullover, Shot Blok

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Simply Life says

    January 22, 2011 at 8:09 pm

    wow I’m impressed – I hate running in the cold!

    Reply
  2. Keri says

    January 23, 2011 at 11:15 am

    I didn’t realize you ran Steamtown too!

    Reply
  3. pursuitofhealthfulness says

    January 23, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    Holy Moly, that’s super impressive! I was too wimpy to run in 16 degrees today — Even for just three or four miles!

    Reply
  4. runninfromthelaw says

    January 23, 2011 at 7:25 pm

    Hi there –

    Stumbled across your blog. Love it! Nice work on your long run. I like trying to push myself a little harder than the pace I’m “supposed” to run too.

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Week 3 Recap « Run The Long Road says:
    January 24, 2011 at 7:33 pm

    […] Baby It’s Cold Outside […]

    Reply
  2. 20 Miles – Take 2 « Run The Long Road says:
    February 19, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    […] so the wind wasn’t that biting, straight-to-your-bones feeling and (2) my neighbor, “Maximus“, joined me for the first 8 […]

    Reply
  3. Week 12 Recap « Run The Long Road says:
    March 27, 2011 at 11:58 am

    […] ran this with “Maximus” my neighbor.  I’m happy since these 5 miles were truly “comfortably hard” […]

    Reply
  4. A Short Long Run « Run The Long Road says:
    July 15, 2011 at 9:21 am

    […] neighbor, Maximus (his alias), joined me for the first 10 miles.  He also ran the first 10 with me last week (the hot and […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

© 2025 · Developed by JX2 Development.