Training Log: Jan 12 - 18 (5:20)

Certainly not a huge week, but considering how sick I was for the past three weeks I will take it. Very happy with how I'm feeling right now going into next week. My strength has come back and I feel that I can pretty much start to train as hard as I want again now. I will throw in a few recovery days here and there, but full steam ahead otherwise.

Check out the above photo of the beautiful trails we get to run on daily. We are very fortunate to have access to these types of trails that make it easy to want to get out the door.

Week Ending total = 5:20

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Mon/12 (:20) Easy on snowshoes on trail loop behind house. Still not feeling great, but a little better than yesterday.

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Tue/13 (:35) Snowshoe run. Definitely on the mend today. Ran 10' with Sara during her tempo run, then took about a 3' recovery, then another 7' of Sara's tempo. Felt good to move faster, but was tough.

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Wed/14 (:20) Easy snowshoe run on our trails again.

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Thu/15 (:45) Ahhh, this feels like what I remember. Nice snowshoe run with Sara on Hare Trails. Ran out and back with new juniper loop. Beautiful night out. Cold, but nice.

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Fri/16 (:45) Same snowshoe run as last night, but felt much better. Getting some strength back finally. As soon as we got home, headed back out for a dogsled run. Cold night, but great run. The dogs were flying.

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Sat/17 (1:02) Easy Snowshoe run at Little Cat with Sara. Trails were groomed, so good footing. Felt much better today.

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Sun/18 (1:33) Tough snowshoe run on Paudyn Trails. We got a lot of snow over the last couple of days, so decided to open up the Paudyn loop again. Very tough going as we were up to our knees in places. I ran two loops, then Sara continued on to get her three hour run in. I would have liked to have kept going, but didn't have the strength quite yet. Recovered quickly after I got home though.