As I mentioned in the last post, winter training is hard. Imagine running 15, 17, 18, or 19 miles on a treadmill. I don't have to imagine, I did them all.
Incidentally, our treadmill stops when you run 100 minutes. It doesn't just reset the clock, it stops spinning. Good information to have ahead of time. So, when the treadmill says 34:58, what it really means is 200 min plus 34:58. So, almost 4 straight hours on the treadmill. It really is as bad as you think it is. But again, I didn't apply these miles to our total. When it came time for a 20 mile training run, I wanted to do it outside. I had planned to run the Dahlgren Rail Trail half marathon on Feb 13th, but snow caused them to reschedule the run. So on Feb 14th, I decided to tackle the 20 mile run. I put on my new running shoes and hit the pavement. There was still plenty of snow on the ground.
I came back to the house for a water stop after outlining all the streets in our neighborhood once, which was about 9 miles. The kids were outside cheering me on as I walked the cul-de-sac and refueled. Then off I went again. Around 14.5 miles, my watch warned me that the battery was low. Poor planning on my part, so I headed back home from where I was. I managed to squeeze in 15.6 miles running outside, then finished the last 4.4 inside on the treadmill.
So, here is another 15.6 miles, for a total of 79.3 miles.
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