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[blnchflr]

How is it going - is it hard to find time to run in December? Is the weather an issue?

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[blnchflr]

Still not consistently running 3 times a week. But got up early to run this morning, so maybe I'll make it this week.

Weather hasn't turned below freezing here yet, so I still prefer it to running in the heat of summer. It just takes longer to get ready, because I like to dress warm (i.e. layers) w/ something covering my neck.

Throughout December I have my .mp3-player set to play only Christmas music :o)

[ilanarama]

I amazed myself by running all 6 days I had planned last week, sometimes with snow actually falling, sometimes in sunny beautiful but cold weather. I prefer the cold to the snow.

[gnomad]

I am running 3 days a week as part of my triathlon training and it remains slow going. I had a great run today though. It was not longer than usual, but it was faster and, most importantly, my legs made barely a whimper at the stress. I don't know if they're finally getting used to it or if it's because I took 2 days rest this weekend, but I hope this is a trend.

Oooh, also, I got a Garmin last week. There are timers! And heart rate monitors! And maps and GRAPHS! *does the geeky toy dance*

[blnchflr]

I can't comprehend of being able to run 6 days in a week! My knees seem to prefer two rest days between runs, even the pathetic short runs I'm currently doing :o/

I prefer cold to precipitation, too - I did once get caught in not one, but two hailstorms on a run, and it was funny, just because it was so absurd to run in, esp. by the second one :o)

[blnchflr]

My legs (i.e. knees) much prefer two rest days between runs, which is part of the reason why I find it hard to make it up to 3 runs a week. But presumably they'll get in shape, too, eventually :o)

[ilanarama]

I worked up to mostly-daily running over a long period of time. I didn't ever run two days in a row until just last year. I think that my body eventually decided it was easier to run smaller amounts per day but run every day than to run every other or once every three days and run more miles at a time.

[blnchflr]

I thought by running such a short distance,¹ I could quickly work up to running every two days or more! But not so yet.

¹ I assumed I was running ca. 2.4 km, but timing myself yesterday, it took 19 minutes, and surely I'm not that slow.