04222018 – Bike

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Our first really gorgeous day! As a family we went for a walk/kids biking in the early afternoon.  When we got back I went out for a ride.  I wore my Northwoods Racing Kit from Twin Six and enjoyed being able to wear shorts and a short sleeve jersey! I brought arm warmers just in case, but never needed them. It was around 60 with a little wind.  The paved trails were snow free, but still with water a lot of places.

I took the North Cedar Lake Trail and connected to the Minnetonka Regional Trail by taking the cut through in Hopkins on 2nd. The Minnetonka Trail is all “aggregate” and it had patches that were still super wet and muddy and others that appeared all dried out.  I only did like 2 miles out and then back on it as I didn’t have time for the longer rides that go out that way. Then I connected back onto the Cedar Lake LRT Trail/Midtown Greenway.  This had  a nice tail wind and I connected into 2 different riders who were pushing hard.  I wasn’t able to hang for long but it was nice to get some miles at a much harder pace. I hit 25 mph in this section without any real hill. Then I rode the Hiawatha LRT trail downtown and rode along West River Road and back home.  It was a nice route that has some great sections for hard riding.

Overall 28.8 miles in 2:00:00. I had 22 “achievements” on Strava so that’s pretty sweet!

04212018 – Run

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Today was actually the 2×2 mild time trial I accidentally did 2 weeks ago! This morning was nice… 36f and sunny so another shorts run! Soon it will be tshirt running weather! 

There is still quite a bit of snow in the shaded areas, so I opted for another pavement rum. I did mix it up by running to and through Sochacki Park. The paved trail was mostly clear with a few patches of ice and some places that were snow covered across the trail. I’ve ran here before, but I think only one other time in the daylight. It is a nice, narrow park to run through.  I had to take a bathroom break during the rest period and then pushed it hard back. 

Total run was 6.46 in 1:00:28.

16:16

16:01

These were slower than 2 weeks ago, but I think more even time wise. 

04202018 – CrossFit

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Friday morning workout started with some shoulder warmups before an 8 minute EMOM of 2 pullups.

The bulk of the workout was Mark 35. This is 7 rounds for time of

5 Bench Press

5 Power Cleans

40 Dubs

I was able to do it at the scaled weights of 105 pounds for both and 80 single unders. In warmups I hit several double unders in a row! Nate and I partnered up. He did Rx so we had to swap weight out for each bar which definitely slowed us down, but it was still a tough workout. I finished in 17:08.

04192018 – Run

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Afternoon run in the sun while wearing shorts. It felt great to be in the sun and wearing shorts, but I don’t like afternoon running! I was really stiff and I don’t feel like it ever got better throughout the run. 

There was still lots of snow on the ground despite the warm temps. I thought the paved creek trail would be snow free, but it was a wet mess! I got a little creative with the route and ended up finding a nice new paved loop! 

The workout was 6×800 with 2:30 rest between. The total mileage was 6.59 miles in 1:01:45. 

3:53

3:59

4:05

3:46

4:05

3:47

04172018 – Run

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Fifteen inches of fresh snow made it a little challenging to run this morning.  I knew the trails would be almost impossible so I set off down the sidewalk, again! Half of the run was on sidewalks and the vast majority of people had shoveled their sidewalks to the clear pavement.  This provided adequate traction.  Maybe one house per block hadn’t been touched and depending on the overall foot traffic of the block determined if it had been packed down or not.  The hardest part was hurdling the snow mountains on either end of the block.  As a corner lot owner myself, I try to make sure that there is at least a small walkway cut out, but not everyone is quite as courteous.  I also think everyone is just tired of shoveling snow!  Victory Memorial Parkway was clear and the last half of the run was pretty smooth sailing.

Overall run was 4.24 miles in 41:45.  Today was 6×400 with 400 meters of rest in between.  This is a change from the time to a distance, so I tried to keep myself moving during the rest so it wasn’t too long.  Here are the splits:

2:02

2:13

2:02

1:57

1:50

1:48