A week and a half since I last did any kind of exercise. I decided just to do a short run today, tomorrow I'm going to the gym and may run a few uphill sprints on the threadmill and then Sunday I'll aim for a longer daylight run.

So ran my rich-guy's house run and had no problems other that being cold at the start. It's 54F and raining.

Polar says: Total time: 17:30 Average HR: 151 In zone: 17:13 Kcal: 178

I needed to return some rented movies this afternoon and I need to go for a longish run, as I can't run with stuff in my hands, I decided to change and then just ride my bike down to the rental place come back and run.

It's about a mile to the rental place so it was a nice warm up, but my legs felt totally strange when I started to run, like they couldn't make the transition from riding the bike.

I had a bloody hard time finding a good pace and having been lazy lately my heart rate was no indicator, so I just tried to power through.

Turns out that was just what I did, I cut 40 seconds of my best time for the route and am getting pretty close to a peace that will bring me under 30 minutes for 5K which has been my mini-goal since I started running again.

Si inspite of the fact that I even close to the end felt - this is too boring I'm just gonna stop now and almost did - it ended up being a really good run.


Polar says: Total time: 25:38 Average HR: 160 In zone: 24:07 Kcal: 288

Hold da kæft – Danish for holy merde

I knew it was cold, drizzling and a bit windy, and I did dress sensibly for my run – dug up a long sleeved cotton t-shirt and wore knitted gloves and a scarf.

Everything was OK when I set out, for the first 9-10 minutes I ran along a street sheltered from the wind, is was still only 45F and windy. After the 9-10 minutes there is an incline – not terrible steep – no such thing in Denmark – but quite long it tacks me across the main railroad tracks going into Copenhagen, then there’s a sharp turn to the left and it’s down hill all the way to the water.

Well today when I turned left I turned directly into the wind, and got no benefit from the down hill – the rain was driving by now and I thought it’s gonna be a long way home.

I struggled on and ran along the sea wall a couple of times having to jump out of the way when spray was thrown across.

Then I got to a the statue of Denmark’s most famous explorer – Knud Andersen who for some reason stares at Sweden instead of north to Greenland and the Arctic that he explored – the road curves past him, and at that point I realized I hadn’t been running directly into the wind. Mid step – in air – I felt myself being driven back from the wind, five more steps and I was done – had to walk.

I only walked briefly and then crossed the road and cut up on street to shelter. For some reason I have the hardest time getting back in stride from having walked – not if I have to walk a couple of steps before crossing a road or things like that – but when I’ve stopped because I just couldn’t go on.

So the rest of the way home was tough – even when I got to the point where I had the wind behind me.

I finished the run with just the brief walk and I most have been on to something great I finished almost a minute faster than my best time for the route – actually dead even on the 6km/h that I’ve been aiming for.

The route is 4.15K – soon I’ll run 5K faster than 30 minutes.

After a sweet, long and exhausting day with a 2 year old and a 4 year old I had the choice between flopping out in my chair and feel old or go for a run.

I ran.

And what a perfect choice. It’s the rarest of rare – cold, brilliantly clear and no wind. Zero wind.

When I got to the water, the lights off the coast of Sweden was mirrored in a dead calm sea.

What a perfect ending to a perfect day.

Polar says: Total time: 26:29 Average HR: 148 In zone: 26:10 Kcal: 260

Started my day off with my first headache in God know how long. It lifted by noon when I had lunch. But I didn’t feel absolutely on top when I got home from work. It’s been a very stress full day.

Decided a short fast run might take care of the stress. It didn’t really but only because I was twice almost hit first by a bus and then by a car.

I kindly showed the bus that I intended to turn right where he was signaling to turn on a green light, he saw and started turning only to cut up across the sidewalk so I actually had to stop by putting both hands on the side of the vehicle and bush myself back. And then he just took of.

About a kilometer further along a car sped through a very wide roundabout never looking who was in or entering it, when he saw just leaned on his horn and just barely slowed to allow me to race across.

Not much fun that – but I’m glad I’m wearing my bright orange street sweeper jacket or I would be invisible in the darkness.

Well finished in a respectable time and landed at 6.18 km/h

Polar says: Total time: 17:06 Average HR: 152 In zone: 66:19 Kcal: 174

One of these days I’m gonna have to figure out, why I haven’t been to the gym for such a long time. It’s not my usual laziness – I can’t always bully myself past that.

I love my running and I liked to do the weights so why don’t I just run every other day and do weight twice a week?

I even think I need it – I’ve been having mild backaches lately and my knees have bothered me a little after longish runs.

Anyway I went out there today with the weather changing like crazy around me – wind, sun and driving rain. And I set a new distance record: 6.13 km. Very satisfying – the time was not – but I won’t beat myself up over it, I set out to run a long one and I did.

Polar says: Total time: 41:38 Average HR: 154 In zone: 40:54 Kcal: 440

Aaaaaah, I found more of Jolly's scriblings !! How cool is that !!