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#newshoeday and my longest run so far as I go through this #injuryrehab phase. As you probably know from prior posts, I absolutely love the @altrarunning #altraescalante. It’s really my favorite shoe ever. My old pair has seen me through countless hard workouts and races and now it’s the new pair’s time. I took another step up today and have made my initial goal for this month by getting up to 30 minutes - 6 sets of 4:00 run/1:00 walk. Perhaps because I was on the track today, I was faster, too, by about 1:30 a mile. Core session at #lifetimefairfax after the run. Refueled when I got home with a @drinkorgain peanut butter protein shake. Now it’s time for some #christmaslights hanging. #runblr #fallrunning #injuredrunner #mastersrunner #betterin2021 (at Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School)
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Feeling a bit wintry out there. Actually it's not even that bad yet, high 30s this evening. But the wind is nasty. Time to head inside to ride at #lifetimefairfax #edgcycling class. Sweated out a hard driving 12 miles in 42 minutes and felt good doing it. Then I changed out of the soaked bike jersey and hit the #nautiluscircuit. Not a bad night's work. #ltemployee #runblr #injuredrunner #crosstraining #indoorcycling #spinning #latergram #maskupattheclub (at Life Time Athletic - Fairfax) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHwqf3EH_eU/?igshid=p757c21sdui8

Rain outside meant it was a day for #spinning inside. I hit up the EDG cycling class at #lifetimefairfax for 45 minutes of hills, then I did my own strength workout - @mcmillanrunning #prehab and some upper body work. My @spotify was crushing the tunes tonight. I like when it takes the music you started the session with, in this case @aqueousband - and then start digging up other stuff in a similar vein. This one kicked butt, I highly recommend it as a #workoutjam. #runblr #injuredrunner #ltemployee #maskupattheclub #crosstraining (at Life Time Athletic - Fairfax) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHeOp2en3z8/?igshid=fvv6gtl8hutn

So tired after a not surprisngly long #electionnight2020 and a full #consultantlife workday that's not done yet. But sometimes those are the days you need to work out most. So it was 40 minutes of #indoorrowing at #lifetimefairfax followed by a really challenging strength session from @mcmillanrunning. I'm still sidelined from running but keeping that #crosstraining train rolling! #runblr #fitblr #ltemployee #injuredrunner #illbebacksoon (at Life Time Athletic - Fairfax) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHMK3KunOX2/?igshid=qd6e9vcuckfj

Got it all done this morning. First up was @bishopseventsllc #chaseforacure #5k at #burkelakepark. This was the exact same course I raced on a few weeks ago and I made a 12-second improvement, plus got the #agegroupwin! After my cooldown, I headed over to #lifetimefairfax because I still had to get my core session. I saw a few other #lifetimeteam colleagues while I was there. I'm still on furlough but eventually I'll be back. Strength work after a race is always hard. I fatigue so much quicker on sets I usually bang out. But it's essential to making continued improvement and avoiding injury. #dontignorethecore is my advice to all. All told a very productive morning. #runblr #athleticseastmasterstc #mastersrunner #mastersxcrunner #fallrunning #xcseason (at Burke Lake Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGK6DOyHyO7/?igshid=ht9od3b0ie7p

Busy morning - #5k race first, the @bishopseventsllc Burke Lake Fall 5k. Unlike the last Bishop's event 2 weeks ago, this one drew out a fast field. In the last race I won my age group and was over a minute slower. Today, nowhere close to the podium. I got to #burkelakepark with just enough time to get my bib and do a one-mile #warmupjog. Then I stripped down in the morning chill (46°) and changed my shoes (@endasportswear Iten). Ideally I would have done some dynamic stretching but there was not enough time so I lined up. The first mile was downhill and probably a little quicker than I was ready for. I was laboring in mile 1 but settled down after that, still at faster paces than 2 weeks ago. I'll take it as progress. After a 2-mile #cooldownjog with my @athletics_east_masters_tc teammates, I headed to #lifetimefairfax to get my strength work done. Then finally, to @dunkin for a @beyondmeat sandwich and ☕️. #runblr #mastersrunning #xcracingseason #fallracingseason #trailracing #xcracing #mastersxcrunner #ontothenextrace #keepshowingup (at Burke Lake Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFUyP8rH9Gh/?igshid=1czb62qn1r3j4

#crushedit with @pink and some other killer tunes on today’s spin at the gym. I was worried about storms so I moved today’s ride inside. Luckily, I had a great curated mix on my @spotify and this one came right at peak time when I was grinding through some hills. 14.6 miles today. And it was good to be able to go back to @lifetime.life #lifetimefairfax to work out. I may even be back there working with @lifetime.run soon. More on that later. #runblr #fitblr #spinning #bikeblr #indoorcycling #summertraining #keepgrinding💪 #keepshowingup (at Life Time Athletic - Fairfax) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBq57HtHrW3/?igshid=qje8k5gptxu1

It was chilly and that apparently meant a lot of runners stayed in bed this morning rather than coming out for the #saturdaybaserun at #lifetimefairfax. But whether it’s one or 21, the show must go on, so out I went for easy trails at #danielsrunpark. Despite the 25° chill it was actually quite nice out. After a hard workout last night and work travel earlier this week, I badly needed some easy #recoveryrun miles and I got that, working the park’s single track trails that are off the main wide gravel path. Next time hopefully I can share them with the rest of our run crew. 4 super slow miles, then @mcmillanrunning #prehab strength work afterwards. #ltemployee #lifetimerun #runblr #fitblr #easyrun #citytrails #winterrunning #springracingseason #monumentave10k #cherryblossomtenmiler (at Life Time Athletic - Fairfax)
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