Mmm...tacos.

7 miles w/10 strides at 28 degrees, one of my coldest runs of the season, lol. Still in shorts, no hat, but borderline for both.

Hello.  rofl!

2500 yard swim done.  Bike workout later.  Speaking of tacos, I am at racing weight and it is not racing season.  I'm not complaining, I'm just sayin'.

yesterday was the big lift day followed by a much better bike session than Sunday.

Today was lat pulldown. long pull, leg sled and a 3/4 star challenge.  I've replaced the elliptical with stairs but I think that is mostly a good thing.

By the way, Baboon is right, the Darn Tough people will take back your socks and give you shiny new ones.  I might be in love, I usually get the thinnest possible model, but my feet start to hurt on LRs, so I tried the cushion version.  They are like clouds of whipped cream made from angel sheep.

 

Oh, and you guys, "woods" is sort of misleading.  I had to stop on 2 occasions, one was the easier reason with less need for TP.  I found a nice hedge surrounding the giant stone wall of a fancy schmancy gated neighborhood.  It offered perfect protection--the hedge went all the way to the ground and was about 6 feet tall, with about 2 feet of space between the hedge and the stone wall--and I timed it so no cars or dog walkers were around when I went in and came back out.  The second stop was on a "trail" by my house.  Said trail is wide enough to drive a vehicle on, and it's paved.  It's also winter (to the extent we have such a thing) and the foliage is pretty sparse (nothing you could even use as TP).  I scratched up my legs pretty well in my quest for a secluded area.  When I popped back out on the path, three ladies were walking past.  I give it a 50/50 chance they knew.  Hopefully they just thought I was lost.  Or a hobo.

 

But yeah, woods in my area = snobby hedge and paved nature trail.  Real woods would have been much easier.

I like the Darn Tough guarantee, but unfortunately don't love their socks. Not stretchy enough. As an old man, putting on socks is one of the hardest things I do all day. I have to struggle with these a bit more than I'd like. Also, their thin ones are too thin & their thick ones are too thick.

My morning runs are more urban, much like Cyberic's. There's a public restroom at mile 2.5, which often works out about right, if sometimes just barely. Sometimes the PM strikes at mile 1-1.5, which makes it a long way without much option. A snobby hedge & paved nature trail would be welcome.

Lots of details in there, LM 

Tough workout for me today.

Asked hired coach/mentor if I should consider going for 3 week days of intervals instead of two (plus long run, of course), given than the workouts are short because they're during work lunch break. First advice from him. He said he would advise against it. He also said he would advise against two in a row, like I did last week. He said that if I want to do more in the time I have, just run faster.

So today my workout was 5 x (5 laps (965m) /R:2 laps easy/jog)

Actual paces: 5:52, 5:56, 5:56, 5:52, 5:51 /mile. That's pretty much all I had.

 

I hope you remembered to check for security cameras.

Not always time for that. Sometimes you need to go even if there aren't any cameras.

 

I hope you remembered to check for security cameras.

Because if you see one while you are in the act, you flip it the bird.

 

Christ Almighty you're old.

Tell me something I don't know.

Asked hired coach/mentor if I should consider going for 3 week days of intervals instead of two (plus long run, of course), given than the workouts are short because they're during work lunch break. First advice from him. He said he would advise against it. He also said he would advise against two in a row, like I did last week. He said that if I want to do more in the time I have, just run faster.

lol

so are you going to give up on the back to back workouts or ignore the coach you paid to advise you?