Monday <\/strong>I did my standard loop around the Metrodome for 3.14 miles in 27:14. \u00a0It was 33 but 24 wind chill. I was a little overdressed for pretty much the whole run. \u00a0Most of the sidewalks were clear with only small patches of ice to be found. \u00a0Oddly my Garmin said it’s battery was low and didn’t even last long enough to find a signal. \u00a0That was frustrating since it was fully charged yesterday when I unplugged it from the computer.<\/p>\n Wednesday<\/strong> was a nice easy 3 miles in 25:02.\u00a0 It was a good recovery run with the temp above freezing again at 33 though the wind chill was 25.\u00a0 Most of the run was on dry pavement which was a very nice change in pace!<\/p>\n Thursday <\/strong>I took off.\u00a0 I deliberated back and forth about this but my schedule makes Friday a better morning to do the Tempo run, even though it would be before Saturday’s long run.\u00a0 I think I’ll plan on doing it this way unless I have something else on Friday morning.\u00a0 Basically I’ll do the tempo run on which ever day is more convenient!<\/p>\n Saturday<\/strong> morning the Polar Bear group met at the Longfellow Grille\/Dunn Brothers and set out for a nice long run on the River Roads.\u00a0 We went south crossed Ford Bridge and then went north crossing the pedestrian bridge just south of Washington Ave for 11.37 miles in 1:27:37.\u00a0 It was 10 but the wind chill of -1 made it kinda chilly.\u00a0 You could see the frozen mist again which actually turned to snow for the latter portions of the run.\u00a0 I waxed and waned throughout the run but the hills in the middle wore me out by the end.<\/p>\n Sunday <\/strong>we met at Minnehaha Falls again and ran the Get in Gear loop, again.\u00a0\u00a0 This was actually the fastest we’d run the course on a Sunday morning this year.\u00a0 These Sunday runs are usually a recovery run for most of us.\u00a0 It was 5 above with no wind chill so a pretty nice morning to run. We ran it in 54:04.\u00a0 As the weather has warmed a bit and we are also getting into spring training cycles I’ve seen more and more people out on the trails.<\/p>\n Total Mileage:<\/strong><\/p>\n Running – 35.9 miles<\/p>\n Biking – 7 miles<\/p>\n Last Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Mileage –<\/p>\n Run: 28.2 Miles The week began with a look back at Week Two<\/a> of my half-marathon training.\u00a0 The Complete Running Network created a Facebook group <\/a>for their members to use as another way to connect. I’m a member of both CRN and the group but I’m not really active in either community. Former Governor and then Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee<\/a> is an avid runner and ran last year’s Boston Marathon.\u00a0 I like measuring my training and numbers, so I offered 3 reasons<\/a> why\u00a0 I like to bike.\u00a0 I biked a lot last year getting over a 1,000 miles on the two wheel machine! Last year’s Foto Friday<\/a> was an ice sculpture of the sinking Titanic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This begins my first week of half-marathon training for the Lake Minnetonka Half-Marathon.\u00a0 I decided to do something a little different, yes I want a PR but I also want a “fun” race with maybe some scenery. Running part way around Lake Minnetonka seems to fit that bill!\u00a0 As far as a training plan goes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-running","category-training"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-hM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1318,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/race-plan-lake-minnetonka-half-marathon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1102,"position":0},"title":"Race Plan: Lake Minnetonka Half-Marathon","author":"crossn81","date":"April 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The time has come.\u00a0 Twelve weeks of training is about to pay off on what should be a beautiful morning to race around beautiful Lake Minnetonka. Yesterday I published a course preview and I must say that I think it is a pretty ideal course.\u00a0 Point to point, a few\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Half Marathon"","block_context":{"text":"Half Marathon","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/half-marathon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/images\/minnetonkaice.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1308,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/course-preview-lake-minnetonka-half-marathon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1102,"position":1},"title":"Course Preview: Lake Minnetonka Half Marathon","author":"crossn81","date":"April 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"In preparation for this weekend's Lake Minnetonka Half Marathon, today I'll look at the race course. This is a Map My Run Map of the course provided by the race directors. And their elevation chart - which is kind of weird looking. It says there is a total elevation gain\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Course Comments"","block_context":{"text":"Course Comments","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/course-comments\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/running\/images\/minnetonkalogo.png","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1116,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/week-2-half-marathon-training\/","url_meta":{"origin":1102,"position":2},"title":"Week 2: Half Marathon Training","author":"crossn81","date":"February 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"3 m run + strength 7 x 400 5-K pace 3 m run + strength 45 min tempo Rest 3 m pace 90 min run Monday was President's Day and I didn't have to work so I took some extra time to go to Fort Snelling for a run on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Half Marathon"","block_context":{"text":"Half Marathon","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/half-marathon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":520,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/marathon-training-week-14\/","url_meta":{"origin":1102,"position":3},"title":"Marathon Training: Week 14","author":"crossn81","date":"September 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Image from stock.xchn. Only a few more weeks to go and I think the fall weather has finally arrived.\u00a0 I ran what was hopefully my last \"hot\" run on Monday.\u00a0 It is amazing how much the temps have dropped through the week.\u00a0 Monday morning was 70 and the temps barely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Marathon"","block_context":{"text":"Marathon","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/marathon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1301,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/week-12-half-marathon-training\/","url_meta":{"origin":1102,"position":4},"title":"Week 12: Half Marathon Training","author":"crossn81","date":"May 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Year I celebrated being done with the training cycle by resting and racing the Get in Gear 10k - almost setting a PR (posted my race number).\u00a0 To go along with this phase I talked about detraining. A local marathoner used his mad skills to chase down a thief\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Half Marathon"","block_context":{"text":"Half Marathon","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/half-marathon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":112,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/training-analysis-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":1102,"position":5},"title":"Training Analysis, Part 1","author":"crossn81","date":"November 14, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"With only one major race left, I thought I would take a look back at my training over 2007 and provide thoughts, insights, and other information from it for you. 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Tuesday<\/strong> I ran to the West River Road so that I could do hill repeats going south up the the Franklin St Bridge.\u00a0 The sidewalks were still a mixture of slush and ice thanks to the warmer weather we’d been having.\u00a0 It was actually 40 with off and on drizzle for this particular workout.\u00a0 I finally got off the sidewalks to run on the road because they were so dangerous.\u00a0 About 2 miles into the run I had hopped back on the sidewalks and fell.\u00a0 I didn’t just fall, somehow I fell and rolled.\u00a0 I got up shook myself off and kept running.\u00a0 My knee hurt a little bit but I felt fine.\u00a0 I continued on to the road and did my 6 hill repeats.\u00a0\u00a0 I did 3 up the southbound ramp to Franklin’s eastbound.\u00a0 They are approximately .15 of a mile or 264 yards.\u00a0 They were in 1:10, 1:15, and 1:11.\u00a0 The next 3 were straight up the River Road towards Franklin and approximately .23 miles or 400 yards.\u00a0 I ran them in 1:37, 1:35, 1:36.\u00a0 They were longer but not as steep. Total mileage was 7 miles in 60 minutes.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/running\/images\/2-13-09tempo.jpg\" "\\"tempo\\"")
Friday<\/strong> I set off for a 40 minute tempo run along the Greenway.\u00a0 The plan was 20 minutes out and 20 minutes back. There was light flurries and it was 18 with the wind chill at 8.\u00a0 It was a headwind on the way out.\u00a0 I ended up running 5.13 miles in 38:32. Close enough right?\u00a0 There were little patches of ice here and there. Unfortunately my pace chart shows that I didn’t do a very good job of making it a tempo run.\u00a0 I hit my 10k pace 2x’s but didn’t sustain it for very long. Some of the spikes in the chart are due to icey patches.<\/p>\n
\nBike: 14.0 Miles<\/p>\n