A New Rest Day

Oh yes, the weather has been dreadful. Wednesday morning, the temperature was in the 20s and so was the wind. Thursday, the temperature was again in the 20s and the wind was in the high teens. So, time for Plan B. I ran 6 miles each day on the treadmill at the YMCA. 53:26 on Wednesday and 53:05 on Thursday. The last three miles were Thursday were run in 25:47. Nice set of effort with ugly conditions outside. I think I've shaken off the effects from last week's blood donation.

Today is a rest day. I have shifted my rest day for a couple reasons. First, most training plans specify Friday as a rest day - before a long run on Saturday. Ok, sounds good to me. Actually, Friday had become my best quality run of the week after resting on Thursday. So, my Saturday runs should be high quality, right? The second reason is that my Thursday night golf league starts in a few weeks. The league is a 9 hole league, but I usually play 18. The last 9 often get played at a fast pace and I'm often tired on Friday morning. We'll play to that and plan to not run on Friday mornings. I've run 44.9 miles over the preceding 7 day, which is excellent. A day off is earned, but may not be needed. I'm feeling good but I'll be glad in about 8 weeks.