Route to 66 - Heading Up Higher by dmlipinski at Garmin Connect - Details
The normal run for my six miler would be to continue up Sherman Road just a bit higher. But the road is very icy and slippery, so I decided to stay on the "reappearing" blacktop. The top of the road was still mostly snow covered and icy, too, but I was walking the last half mile or so, and I could choose my steps carefully. No speed records will be set during these runs! I wonder if I should get credit for more mileage for altitude gains? The GPS doesn't count the height as mileage, but overall, it adds to the training base. So, up and up I go. One day at a time.
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it!
Monday, March 17, 2014
Route to 66 - Three in-a-row by dmlipinski at Garmin Connect - Details
Route to 66 - Three in-a-row by dmlipinski at Garmin Connect - Details
Tuesday, March 4, 2014.
Part of training is just doing the work over and over. So it was today with another run up Sherman Road. The snow is beginning to melt and the route up the road was slippery and slow. I'll have to modify my running routes as the road conditions dictate. Ahead we go day by day and one step at a time!
Tuesday, March 4, 2014.
Part of training is just doing the work over and over. So it was today with another run up Sherman Road. The snow is beginning to melt and the route up the road was slippery and slow. I'll have to modify my running routes as the road conditions dictate. Ahead we go day by day and one step at a time!
Route to 66 - The Plow Comes Through by dmlipinski at Garmin Connect - Details
Route to 66 - The Plow Comes Through by dmlipinski at Garmin Connect - Details
Monday, March 3, 2014.
Second run on the route to 66. The snow plow came down Sherman Road just after I started up the hill. Clean plowed, but slippery in spots as a result of the plow getting down to the base ice.
Monday, March 3, 2014.
Second run on the route to 66. The snow plow came down Sherman Road just after I started up the hill. Clean plowed, but slippery in spots as a result of the plow getting down to the base ice.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Sunday, March 2, 2014
The Route to 66: The First 1%
Later: Sunday, March 2, 2014.
Back from the run. The black-top was white-topped; it should appear in a few days, perhaps. I think the plow operators have the day/weekend? off. Not any signs of plowing activity to remove the last 3 to 10" from the running route. It was kind of a single track snow trail for my running event as a result. The highway was somewhat easy as long as I didn't run off the edge. Most of the uphill, once off of the main road, was just a three groove vehicle trail. I only went up 1.5 miles, but the travel usage was less and less and the snow deeper as I got to the turn-around. There was not much other activity: a couple of deer, some horses and cattle eating the round bales that had been rolled out for them, otherwise, just a couple of neighbors clearing driveways or bringing out more bales.
I did not see any other runners!
Now on the Route to 66 with the first one percent of the training plan completed.
Back from the run. The black-top was white-topped; it should appear in a few days, perhaps. I think the plow operators have the day/weekend? off. Not any signs of plowing activity to remove the last 3 to 10" from the running route. It was kind of a single track snow trail for my running event as a result. The highway was somewhat easy as long as I didn't run off the edge. Most of the uphill, once off of the main road, was just a three groove vehicle trail. I only went up 1.5 miles, but the travel usage was less and less and the snow deeper as I got to the turn-around. There was not much other activity: a couple of deer, some horses and cattle eating the round bales that had been rolled out for them, otherwise, just a couple of neighbors clearing driveways or bringing out more bales.
I did not see any other runners!
Now on the Route to 66 with the first one percent of the training plan completed.
The Route to 66 : 500 Miles from the Starting Line
Sunday, March 2, 2014.
I just tied on the running shoes.
I could have started yesterday, but with about 6" of new snow to move from the driveway, the morning became snow removal time instead of running time. That was okay! It was windy with some snow still blowing around, but the sun was shining and I was dressed for snow plowing. I thought about running in the afternoon, but by then clouds had returned, some snow was again blowing through the air, and the wind had increased. A second snowshoe walk was done instead.
In any case, the training plan is set. It shows I should start today. Five hundred miles are in the plan on the way to the starting line of Grandma's Marathon. This will be marathon number 42 and Grandma's number 27.
So, the shoes are on! I just turned on the GPS.
A check of the temperature shows it has climbed to 4.6 degrees! No wind is showing on the ranch weather instrument graph, so that is good ... or perhaps the propeller is frozen?
So, out I go!
On the Route to 66!
I just tied on the running shoes.
I could have started yesterday, but with about 6" of new snow to move from the driveway, the morning became snow removal time instead of running time. That was okay! It was windy with some snow still blowing around, but the sun was shining and I was dressed for snow plowing. I thought about running in the afternoon, but by then clouds had returned, some snow was again blowing through the air, and the wind had increased. A second snowshoe walk was done instead.
In any case, the training plan is set. It shows I should start today. Five hundred miles are in the plan on the way to the starting line of Grandma's Marathon. This will be marathon number 42 and Grandma's number 27.
So, the shoes are on! I just turned on the GPS.
A check of the temperature shows it has climbed to 4.6 degrees! No wind is showing on the ranch weather instrument graph, so that is good ... or perhaps the propeller is frozen?
So, out I go!
On the Route to 66!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Time Gone by ... And the "Route to 66 Begins"!
I just stopped by my own blog today for the first time in a long time. It made me wonder what happened after June 2010 and during the rest of 2011? Then 2012 just went by followed by 2013! Incredible! Amazing! Where does the time go? I'll have to go back through my memory and try to fill in the missing parts.
Anyway, the main reason for checking in today was because soon, I begin another training period to run another marathon. It is hard to believe, I now have been running for almost one-half of my life! So, this year, as I am on "The Route to 66" I plan to document my training progress. For, indeed, it is a little different now than when I was 33! Over that time span, I have run a lot! Back in the early days, it was almost a weekly 10k or two. Now, I seldom run anything except the training runs and the marathon. So, in a couple of days, "The Route to 66" begins! I will try to keep up and make this another fun run!
UPDATE: Oh, and after I posted this the first time I noticed a lot of my old entries have gone bad due to missing links to videos. This was a result of YouTube flagging some of my videos because I used a 'soundtrack' as part of the video. So, I deleted or disabled the video over there and it killed the link I had here in my blog. Over time, I plan to go back and redo the videos without the soundtrack. That will bring the blog posts back to life. It is not real high on my to-do list right now, but, eventually, it will be done!
UPDATE: Oh, and after I posted this the first time I noticed a lot of my old entries have gone bad due to missing links to videos. This was a result of YouTube flagging some of my videos because I used a 'soundtrack' as part of the video. So, I deleted or disabled the video over there and it killed the link I had here in my blog. Over time, I plan to go back and redo the videos without the soundtrack. That will bring the blog posts back to life. It is not real high on my to-do list right now, but, eventually, it will be done!
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