Looks like another week of lovely weather coming our way. Much as I'm not given to complaining about it, since there's nothing I can do about it, I AM getting annoyed at missing runs. I've been missing about one a week for the past couple of weeks due to weather, and while I have been doing Something Else of approximately the same duration during that time, it ain't running. This week it looks like it will possibly be ICE on Tuesday, and as much as I have often through my nickname could be Dances with Cars (due to my tendency to run on roads), I do not Dance with Cars on Ice - really, the cause of all of the missed runs so far. Lack of plowing/poor plowing plus narrowed roadways plus refreezing equals unsafe conditions. So I am thinking I'm going to have to be a bit less rigid about my schedule going forward - that is, run when I can, even if it's not on scheduled days, and seek alternate cardio when I can't because while I seem to have gotten away with things so far, I don't believe DVDs really cut it in terms of building cardio endurance. The exception to that might be doing some Spinervals - they're at least designed by and for endurance athletes; however my bike hasn't moved in over a year so getting it set up could be an adventure. If that doesn't work, there are some spin classes at the gym that I could actually take (they're after school and before karate), although I don't know either of the instructors. Which means, at the very least, that I don't know that I'll dislike them, which is good.
In any event - we SHOULD be about halfway through meteorological winter, which means that whatever compromises I have to make, I shouldn't have to be making for TOO much longer, and with any luck, some clear days will sneak in along the way.
Wish me luck with the bike!
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