A Good Read !!!

I find year in year out when talking to other runners we all talk about how hard sometimes the winter can be on us running wise. Myself like allot of runners do like running on some snow and such, but it can get a little old after awhile. Plus I find it much easier for me to skip days in the winter, then I feel bad and then I like most people find I pack on a few extra pounds. I found this good blog post from one Scott Jurek where he talks about taking time off. See even elite runners take time off and pack on a few pounds !!! Also watch the good video he has on there. It is from the guy who wrote "Train Hard Win Easy". Also if you are up to it read the book, it is a good read.

Training group ?

Hey if anyone is looking to run a spring/summer half marathon or marathon and is looking for a group to train with our store TC Running Company is once aging this year putting on a training group. You can get more info on our store blog site. It is www.tcrunningco.blogspot.com

Also if you are on Facebook join our new TC Running Company group. You will get lot's of fun coupons, etc.

Moving Along

Last week was one of just plain moving along. At times I think myself like allot of runners want to see quick progress in our training runs. Maybe sometimes to quick of progress. I feel into that category this last weekend. I started off the week real solid but man as the week went on I felt to tired I thought for the amount of miles I was running. But now as I look back at it I have been running many of my miles at a pretty good clip. I think that with the extra part of all the extra clothing in this cold cold weather gets to you. All in all I had a good week so I should not complain to much. I ended up the week with 45 miles on 5 runs with a long run on Sunday of like 16 miles I guess.

I need to stay positive and keep up the work. This week I hope for 5 or 6 runs and get up to 50 miles for the week. I am going to try and run a bit slower on my easy days. I am sure that will help.

Fleet Foxes

Now this is not a local MN band but it is one of my favorites right now. Some people might have seen them on SNL last weekend in which they where GREAT !!! Anyhow I find them to be a great throw back group that all shares in so many aspects of the songs. I would highly recommend there self titled cd out now !!!

Last weeks running news

Last week was a good one for me. I moved it up to 5 days of running. At times I feel like I am moving things up way to slow but then I figure better safe than sorry. I ended up with 41 miles for the week. I felt pretty good about that. I capped the week with a good weekend of running. I got a great 9+ mile run in with Nick on Saturday afternoon after we took Evan and the girls to Elmo's green thumb down at the Target Center. On Sunday I hit the MN river bottoms once more with Paul. It was still nice to be down there but the snow was not as good as the week before. It was runnable but a bit looser.

This week I am shooting for 5 days and like 45 to 50 miles of running. So far it off to a good start. I got out today in the great weather for a nice 8+ mile run. I felt real good and kept the pace solid. It felt good to be out running in the sunlight with some great tunes rocking in my ears. With the warmer weather today the snow was a bit soft in some area's which made it tuff at times.

A Beautiful Day

I will write more later about my week of running and my views on what is happening today. All I can say is I am moved to tears as I watch this. Regardless of what political party you are part of it is important to me that we are one step closer to being a better place. A place where if you can lead and help our country with your idea's it will not matter what color or sex you are. We are all equal !!!

When MLK did this speech not long ago he was doing so at a time when he was looked at as a lesser person just because of the color of his skin. How sad. I would like to think that today he is smiling.

Need Help Getting Out Today ?

So as I sit at my computer it says it is -17 degrees outside now without windchill !! I ask myself how in the hell am I going to get out for a run in this stuff ? I then come across this great video on YouTube. Man can you find lots of stuff on there. Anyhow I hope you enjoy this as much as I did and get out there in some way shape or form and test yourself.

*Also let me know if you like having the music attached to the blog. I am not sure yet if I do or not. If you want to turn it off just go to the bottom of the blog and hit pause.