February 4-10

Monday (14km)
Pretty slow run with Chris. My left calf at the back of the knee is really sore - I do not remember slipping yesterday, but that would be a likely cause. We ran with the track group for a couple of minutes - just enough to set us off at a slower pace and to say hello. We went up behind Brescia, then around Alan's neighbourhood. 59 minutes; might not have been a full 14km.

Tuesday (15km)
Faster run today. We went for 65 minutes, and I'm sure that it was above 15k, but I'll round down to give me a reasonably accurate two-day total. We went south on Wharncliffe to Commissioners and came back through Wortley Village. It was a long-sleeves with shorts day. My leg is still bothering me, but I feel as though I can run through it.

Wednesday (OFF)
Ugly weather today. The group workout was cancelled, and with the roads looking as bad as they did, I decided to not run outside, and was not interested in leaving the house to go to the gym afterwards. I took a fat day.

Thursday (13km)
55 minutes at a decent pace with Chris. We covered the loop where we always do our Wednesday workouts because we missed it. There was a lot of loose snow. Had we done yesterday's workout, it would have been slippery. My stomach was quite unhappy with the loose snow (combined with a spicy lunch). I was happy to finish this one.

Friday (OFF)
Lazy.

Saturday (Workout - 24km total)
Silly mistake. I ran to the workout this morning, leaving my apartment so that I would arrive at the meeting point the same time that most of the club athletes would be finishing their warmup. Thinking that I had timed this well, I wore a long-sleeved t-shirt over a short-sleeved t-shirt, then half-tights over shorts. No pants, no gloves. When I was about two minutes away, I realized that I had left in time to make our Sunday 9am workouts, but I would be an hour early for our Saturday 10am workouts. Oops. I jogged around and hid in the port-a-john to stay warm. I saw some hooded mergansers and some red-bellied woodpeckers in this time. When the workout finally started, I might have been too warmed up (read: tired). I ran the time trial in 16:19 - ten seconds slower than last time. I then ran home.

Sunday (2km)
Frigid. Chris came over and we started our run. Within two minutes there was a gust of wind that made Chris ask "What are you thinking?" I replied that I think we should go ten minutes, then see what we felt. Three minutes of running into the wind over an uneven sidewalk later, we decided to turn around. Just over 9 minutes of running in total.
I went to the gym later and did an hour on the 'elliptical' (Cybex). I had a really good cadence for the final fifteen minutes, but the first thirty were pretty relaxed.

Total - 68km. I had two off days, one of which was planned. Sunday's short effort knocked me below 80 for the week. I had about 15km of effort on the elliptical, so it's a better week than the number indicates.