The memory of our amazing winter in Boston has quickly faded this week after two snowfalls including "snowmageddon". This morning we got a light dusting from the Alberta Clipper but Monday may bring another blizzard, bringing 10-14in/25-35cm with it.
Despite missing my Monday run in exchange for shoveling, I managed a fun and stupid run on Tuesday in the blizzard, although that meant there was no track Tuesday, and something tells me we will be a few weeks before the next one since Harvard doesn't clear the track in the winter. Thursday, the DMFC run from Crossroads did a few repeats on the river back and forth (Thanks New Balance for paying Boston to plow the esplanade) to reach the 9 miles I needed.
As a result of an email plea from Dana-Farber, I donated blood which was definitely not in my marathon training plans. They said they were really low on blood supply, so I figured I'd make the donation. Apparently I was nervous as I spiked my blood pressure but luckily they can accept you as long as your BP is below 200/100.
Today's group run was largely revised because of the snow banks in Wellesley, so it ended up being a double out and bank along the Newton Hills starting at Boston College. Since I already despise out and back routes as it is (they are very boring) I decided to run back and forth between Boston College (~2miles/3.2km), which meant I only had to do 1 out and back to reach my target of 12-14 miles. I didn't want too crazy of a run today because I am racing the Super Sunday 5 miler tomorrow.
Tim and Steve weren't running their usual pace, so I luckily caught up with 3 runners from the Spaulding rehabilitation network run for Boston and joined them for the run. Thanks Sam, Dan and Jen for the company and a solid run!
Will post a weekly update tomorrow and hopefully a good result from Super Sunday!
Stay tuned for embarrassing marathon fact #2 next week!
Thanks for reading!
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