The Laufen Mountain's Journey

What an awesome week running!  Last weekend I got in some pretty great long runs, but didn't hit the half distance. I was a little disappointed that I hadn't done a half in January, and February is almost at a close.  Last weekend didn't scratch the itch, so I was hoping the weather forecast was accurate and I was going to have a beautiful day for a long run today. Set out for 21.1 with no real route in mind.  I knew I wanted to hit Meloche and get closer to taking it as the local legend.  As I was running I decided to try and hit it enough to take it.  I changed up the route every time I approached it, and ran down streets that I haven't run down before. My watch messed up the run, which is typical now 😒. Maybe it's time for a factory reset.   The WHOOP however performed swimmingly! It's still calibrating, but has enough baseline to recommend strain effort for the day, which I exceeded today... I did get in some cross training this week, and am looking for

I had a great week running! I took advantage of the warm weather where I could, and took a rest day on the coldest day.  In hindsight, I should have done some foam rolling and yoga, because my Saturday run felt pretty stiff to start. The Saturday run also gave me some funny perspective.  My watch was being difficult at the start, I think my sleeve canceled my run, which then caused it to auto record. Which is worse in the most first world way, it gives me slightly less data.  I didn't stop and fiddle with it, because Strava was recording as well,  and frankly "boo hoo John" you're not getting enough data?  Which by the end of my run was ironic. My first foray into smart watches was a Samsung Gear Fit, which I don't think recorded many (if any) Fitness activities. I just wanted it to be more connected to my phone, it was fancy and techy and relatively cheap to dabble my feet. Previously, I could never find wearing a watch comfortable, so the Gear Fit was a great

I didn't get out for the Sunday long run I was hoping for, but I finished a work project and grabbed a couple of presents for my wife. I had some really good runs this week.  I'm having consistently better vertical scores while running, which I'm attributing to core workouts and yoga. The ankle was/is bothering me today which helps with missing a long run.  With the temperature expected to be well below -10, tomorrow morning might be a yoga and core workout. Hit my weekly target and broke 200k, so overall a good week! Goal for next week is to get some more cross training in. Weekly distance: 31.7km (1.7km less than last week) Yearly distance: 227.6km

Rolled my ankle on Thursday, and it sidelined me Friday. Luckily I have an ankle brace from the last time I was a clutz.  It's helped immensely, and I'll be rocking that bad boy for a while. Ended the week with a beautiful run! I was worried that I wouldn't hit my weekly target after rolling my ankle.  As much as I want to hit 200k tomorrow,  I think my ankle will be better served with a rest day tomorrow. Overall, I'm happy I hit my weekly distance goal, and am doing well against my annual target. Goals for this week are to keep an easy pace and take it easy on the ankle. Weekly distance: 32.9km (8.9km more than last week) Yearly distance: 196.3km