#31 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition

Today I had decided that I would run a longer run. around 18K, one of my favorite runs out in the country but this time of the year it is bare. I hoped that I would finish under 2h

When I looked at the temperature it was 0oC (32F), first really cold run. It felt that it was snow in the air and once in a while a snow flake fell down. At the end it was some more snow flakes.

On this route I run around 9K and then I turn back, met a biker that seemed to struggle and a lady who had to get down and walk because of the wind, me over positive didn’t think it would be any problems when I turned back, oh boy how wrong I was.

To summarize this run

First 9K, good pace and comfortable

At 9K I was hit by a ice cold side wind and when I turned around the struggle started

The goal to get under 2h seemed far away

7K struggle with a severe ice cold upwind, lucky me that I have “frontal lobe”, it was just to take the bull by its horn, the last 2K was pleasant.

It is very obvious where I struggled with the upwind.

Distance: 18.67K, time: 1.56.30 min, average heart rate: 140,
average pace: 6.14 min/k, max pace: 5.13 min/k, cadence: 180, VO2 Max: 25 ml/kg/min