Snowy Run

My neighborhood workout partner/Ironman Craig Schlawin went for an hour run with me this morning. We went at a nice and easy pace from our house to the Sinnissippi Trail. It was snowing and very sloppy and slushy the whole way. Though the conditions were bad, we took it easy and enjoyed ourselves.

Bike Trainer

• 30:00

Run

• 1:00:00
• 6.1 miles approx

Holiday Blizzard Hill Repeats

My (Young) side of the family had Christmas at my house in Rockford, Illinois today. After opening Christmas presents, my sister Krista and I decided to go for a run outside at about 9:30 PM. It was blizzardy conditions with a windchill of about 0 degrees, which made the idea of a run all the more fun. We ended up running through Sinnissippi Park to the bottum of a twisty hill for a warmup. Sinnissippi has their Festival of Lights Holiday display currently. The pretty lights, passing cars, and blankets of snow coming down took our minds off of the hard hills until halfway up the 3rd one when they tuned off the lights abruptly. All of a sudden the cold felt colder and the legs felt heavier. We finished all 5 planned hills though. It was tough to get our footing when trying to accelerate during the hill repeats.

The hill in Sinnissippi Park is approximately 1 quarter mile from it's base to the top. It winds its way up from HWY 251 to the Golf Course (pictures will of the run will be posted soon).

Run

• Total Time = 56:00
• Approx Dist = 6.2 miles
• Zack's hill times

1. 1:54
2. 1:52
3. 1:51
4. 1:51
5. 1:50

• Krista's hill times

1. 2:11
2. 2:09
3. 2:11
4. 2:15
5. 2:14