#1 – 50 runs in 100 days – No excuses edition

Today a new challenge, doing 50 runs in 100 days, since I just got up to 35 I decided I would continue with this one. Do not have any race til June so it is more likely I will make it.

So I went out for a 12.5K run.

Temperature: 4oC (39F)

Yesterday evening it snowed and then it rained so it would be interesting to see how the ground would be. Decided to wear my regular running shoes.

The bike path was just wet from the rain but then all of a sudden there was a ice part so I had to run on the grass. Had good pace from the beginning.

Thought it would be a great idea to put on my reflective vest and bring my headlight. Turned out to be a good decision.

I came out on the dark dirt road but did not need the headlight. At the end before I have to cross a car road it goes up hill and there it was icier.

When I was back on a dirt road again it was a longer ice part, lucky me I could run at the side and on the grass.

Crossed a car road again and got on  another dirt road, had to put on the headlight, there was an ice part and then after that I got fooled by the dirt that looked like ice with the headlight on.

So part of this run I had to run a bit slower to avoid slipping on the ice.

When it is around 1.5K left I was back on the dirt road where I got fooled by the dirt and now it was really dark, harder to see the road even if I have the headlight on.

But then I was back in my neighbor hood and increased the pace at the end.

Nice again to see average pace under 6 min/k

Distance: 12.43K, time: 1.14.16 h, average heart rate: 148, average pace: 5.58 min/k,
max pace: 4.39 min/k, cadence: 182, VO2 Max: 27 ml/kg/min