Headin' Indoors

As promised, March came in like a lion. After some really nice weather last week, it turned pretty nasty over the weekend with temps in the 20s and the windchill making it feel like it's 10 degrees outside. I need to run three miles today so I decided to stay after work tonight and put in three miles on the treadmill instead of running outside. I've done all of my runs outside the past couple of weeks so I don't feel too guilty about wimping out and staying inside tonight. I'll make sure to challenge myself with a good "hilly" run including a lot of steep inclines.

My planned trip up to Happy Valley this weekend may be in jeopardy as they're predicting snow and very cold temps for the end of the week. There is also a pretty good chance of rain on Saturday. I don't know that I want to drive two plus hours to run a 10K in cold and rainy conditions. I will keep an eye on the weather and the conditions outside and adjust my plans if necessary. The Sauder Egg Run (5 miles) is coming up in four weeks as is the Tussey to Whipple 11 Miler (Tussey Teaser #2). After that, there are plenty more races to come.

I had a really good workout at the gym yesterday before coming in to work. I can really tell that I'm getting stronger. My lifts are starting to jump up in leaps and bounds from week to week. My increasing endurance due to running is also allowing me to circuit train pretty intensely without ever being out of breath. The running and weight training definitely work well together. Improving the one aspect really seems to fuel improvement in the other.

I'm on 2nd shift this month, and that usually means a real struggle to get going and accomplish much in the way of running or working out before coming in to work. I was happy that I was able to get myself motivated to go to the gym yesterday before work. I am going to shoot for the same tomorrow. I won't have a lot of rest after running late tonight, but I should be fine.