2015/04/01

A Bit Crusty

Winter's brief reunion tour appears to be at an end and the dumping of snow Northfield got is quickly fading. Before it left I did manage to get in one fun morning of crust skiing however. Friday a couple of co-workers and I headed out to the Northfield golf club to try out the snow. The crust was plenty firm, but the fresh snow and lack of sun made the surface so abrasive it would drag our skis to a stop whenever we tried to skate off. I switched to the Skintec's I was still demoing, and they performed quite well, getting decent glide, bomber kick, and only occasionally feeling draggy. We had to pick our route carefully, because all the cart paths were already down to pavement, but it was a gorgeous morning to be out, and it was great fun to get one more day on the skis.
Skintec skis, the correct choice for lazy people in any conditions
Other than those last couple skiing days it has been mostly all running. The only miles my bike has so far this year are commuting miles. I have made it through almost all of the toughest workouts of this abbreviated marathon cycle, and paces have been quite consistent. Tempo pace has been slower this spring than it was before Grandmas, but my heart rate has also been lower, and I've been doing most of the workouts alone, so my fitness may not be what it was last summer, but it isn't far behind.
The only passport I'll need for this vacation
I'm getting more and more excited for Boston as I keep getting emails and actual mail with race information and updates. I am bib #359 and based on last years results I probably won't be beating my bib number. So my goal is to beat the guys time who had my bib last year. He finished in 2:45, so considering my current fitness that is a tough but achievable goal. Motivation is still a bit of a struggle right now, but workouts are going well, so that is encouraging. At this point I am more nervous about the traveling than I am about the racing.

I do have one quandary though, which I will pose to all you blog readers. The souvenir that all runners must get when doing Boston is a jacket. The jacket this year however is not appealing to me at all, and if there is one thing I really don't need in my closet it's another running/skiing jacket. So if there is anyone reading with some fashion sense, or an opinion on Boston jackets, hop in the comments and let me know what you think.
Should I get a weird purple jacket?

or maybe some snazzy running tights?

1 comment:

  1. I vote tights. Not only are they not a weird color, but they have the added bonus of a smaller logo so people will have to look closely at your legs to see what it says. I figure anything that distracts the competition is a good thing especially when it comes to racing.

    Plus you can wear the tights to all kinds of different events like pool parties and luaus. I don't think you could wear that jacket to a pool party. Heck you could even wear the tights underneath other fancy clothes like a tuxedo. I think you should get the tights because they offer you the option of a running mullet. You could be all business on the outside but underneath your fancy clothes you have on the tights which means you're ready to party!

    In conclusion RUN FAST RED BIRD!

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