I had some errands to run and also wanted to finish my Christmas shopping today but I still managed to squeeze in a short training run on my Dions this afternoon. Lucky for me I kept it short. The challenge of breaking new trail was made more difficult by the dry, powdery snow. It didn’t give the cleats of the snowshoe anything to grip so progress was difficult. I think my heart rate must have jumped to 200 bpm in the first 30 seconds. Once I backed off a bit and got into a good rhythm with a higher than normal knee lift it wasn’t so bad. Still, I didn’t even break a 14 min/mile pace! I need to spend more time in the snow before the Beaver Brook race or I’m going to get crushed. Then again, do I really care? Nah.Monday, December 21, 2009
First Snowshoe Run of the Season
I had some errands to run and also wanted to finish my Christmas shopping today but I still managed to squeeze in a short training run on my Dions this afternoon. Lucky for me I kept it short. The challenge of breaking new trail was made more difficult by the dry, powdery snow. It didn’t give the cleats of the snowshoe anything to grip so progress was difficult. I think my heart rate must have jumped to 200 bpm in the first 30 seconds. Once I backed off a bit and got into a good rhythm with a higher than normal knee lift it wasn’t so bad. Still, I didn’t even break a 14 min/mile pace! I need to spend more time in the snow before the Beaver Brook race or I’m going to get crushed. Then again, do I really care? Nah.
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Seems like you just hung up your snowshoes Dan...?! How many months (or weeks) does your spring/summer/fall actually last?
ReplyDeleteCharlie, not long enough!
ReplyDeletelove it! i've been out for 2 'shoe' runs (one w/ Wolfey and one solo) and 1 race so far....Can't wait for this weekend...but I'm sick so we'll see ....just feels good to get the dions back on though for sure......
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I really want to try snow shoeing this year. ;)
ReplyDeleteDan, you'll be beaver tailing it no problemo...slow runners to the left! (oh wait that was Mine Falls not the BB.)
ReplyDeleteI'm now and forever relegated to the left!
ReplyDeleteNo snow here, so I live vicariously through others. Of course, I would only like snow if it only lasted a couple of days as opposed to months. Beautiful picture.
ReplyDeleteDan, don't worry about the race. With me there, you will never finish last!
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