Craig's Running Blog

Long flight to Newark, NJ. I went into the city after we arrived, had dinner, saw a few things, and finally got out around 11:30. We were down in Princeton by 12:15am and I got to bed shortly after that. Long day.

AM: Got up early and hit the workout room at the hotel. It has the typical: elliptical, 2 treadmills, and a small weight bench. I did a mile on the elliptical to warm up, then did 4 miles on the treadmill. Then I got on the bench and did some core work. It's too cold to go out this morning, considering I don't know this area. It should warm up later in the week.

PM: Did an extra 4 on the treadmill. Then I did some upper-body work and a light swim.

It is too icy to run outside. we had some serious snow and sleet fall today, so the roads were terrible. I ran inside in the morning, and intended to run outside in the evening. However, that didn't work out.

AM: Still too slick, but it's going to warm up today. That means the roads will be clear and I'll be able to get out tonight or tomorrow at the latest.

It felt really good to finally get outside. There is a pretty cool trail that runs for miles right outside the hotel, so I can start running on that when the conditions are decent and it's somewhat light.

I finally had a good, successful run this morning. The weather was 29 degrees and clear. I was able to wait until light to run, and I ran on the canal trail 4.75 miles out and then back, making it 9.5 total. I am wondering if the sea level running will hurt me at all.

I got stuck in Houston overnight, so I didn't make my group run on Saturday morning. I did 7.5 on my own in the afternoon. It was better than nothing.