(jacket, shirt, leggings, footwear)

It was the annual jingle run that Runner’s Nook places on every year!

It’s at all times good to meet up with associates I haven’t seen in months as we run up the canyon.

My physique is so used to taking a day without work from working after the long term, so that’s one tough half about doing lengthy runs on Friday… I’ve to complete up my mileage for the week on Saturday.

We had a Christmas get together at church.

Beck may at present reside off of Core Energy, banana, peanut butter smoothies.

The children allow us to sleep in on Sunday morning till 8:30.  I hit 70.5 miles final week, and a strong night time of sleep was obligatory.

Only a regular Sunday.

These two have positive been bonding currently…

I completed Night time Highway.  At any time when I end a e book by Kristin Hannah, I believe, ‘That is my new favourite one in every of hers.’  The story was heartbreaking however so lovely.  I already wish to reread it.  Which Kristin Hannah e book ought to I learn subsequent?  Up to now, I’ve learn Nightengale, 4 Winds, The Nice Alone, and Night time Highway.

Additionally, vacation sweet > regular sweet.

We misplaced depend of what number of films we watched on Sunday.  Brooke wasn’t feeling nicely, so a Christmas film marathon was the most effective drugs.

And now for right this moment’s random subject of the day:

This text!  It talks about why doing pace work/working feels tougher at nighttime than within the gentle.  Final Friday, once we did our pace exercise, the primary set (at a 6:32 common) felt tougher than the previous few miles of the 2nd set (6:14 common) as a result of the primary set was at nighttime (PITCH darkish.. there weren’t even vehicles or avenue lights for almost all of it) and the previous few miles (when my legs ought to have been extra drained) felt simpler as a result of it was gentle out by then.  It’s not simply you… it’s confirmed!

Working at nighttime makes it tougher to guage your pace based mostly on objects round you.   It’s additionally more difficult to get distracted within the darkness by your environment, so it’s simply you and your mind, making your perceived effort appear tougher than the identical tempo could really feel within the gentle.

There’s a motive the professionals normally run in daylight; working in darkness doesn’t assist in efficiency, however…

Doing pace at nighttime will make race day really feel a lot simpler:)

Do you discover it tougher to hit paces at nighttime vs the sunshine?

-Sure, however concurrently, it’s good to get some interval units performed earlier than you’ve got woken up absolutely;). Additionally, it’s a part of becoming marathon coaching with parenthood/working/life!

How typically do you run within the gentle vs the darkish?

Does anybody wish to inform me which of Kristin Hannah’s books to learn subsequent?

When is college out/work off for you and your folks this winter break?