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Good morning.

Yesterday was an LSD, (long slow distance) run. So relaxed was I, in the slow zone listening to song after song and watching various runners and the winter scenery. The run took me along my customary lakefront path.

As you can see it was very sunny. Even though the temperature was only 20 it felt much warmer because of the sunshine. Even the icebergs in the Lake are gone. But, there are some interesting shore formations from crashing waves.

These are accumulations of ice from crashing waves. It seemed most runners were running a little slower today. Maybe they are going to Boston. My long run today was only 15 miles. I was considering 20 but decided that I have enough time left in my training program to run at least three more 20 + milers. Near my turn around at mile 8 is Oak Street Beach:

The beach is straight ahead in the above pic. In the summer this place is packed with sun lovers.
So, those are some of the things I see when I run along the Lake. My pace stayed slow and the splits:

Split Time Distance Elevation Gain Elevation Loss Avg Speed Max Speed Avg HR Max HR Steps Calories
1 0:09:21 1 0 95 9:21 8:09 117 125 0 84
2 0:08:58 1 43 20 8:58 7:00 124 128 0 89
3 0:08:47 1 10 66 8:47 6:36 124 130 0 83
4 0:09:06 1 207 121 9:06 4:07 127 132 0 87
5 0:08:51 1 30 52 8:51 8:07 128 131 0 83
6 0:08:54 1 26 39 8:54 8:17 129 133 0 81
7 0:08:47 1 26 30 8:47 8:10 129 133 0 76
8 0:08:55 1 23 30 8:55 8:20 128 132 0 72
9 0:08:52 1 69 66 8:52 8:09 130 133 0 77
10 0:08:52 1 10 23 8:52 8:24 131 135 0 79
11 0:08:47 1 16 46 8:47 7:37 133 136 0 80
12 0:08:55 1 95 43 8:55 6:27 133 138 0 73
13 0:09:05 1 62 102 9:05 7:39 132 136 0 75
14 0:09:18 1 374 358 9:18 7:01 133 137 0 77
15 0:09:04 1 79 69 9:04 7:56 135 139 0 80
16 0:00:02 0.01 -- 3 5:46 8:34 135 135 0 0
Summary 2:14:43 15.01 1,073 1,152 8:58 4:07 128 139 0 1,196


Have a great week.


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" Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own, sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction."

* It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” - Anais Nin