02-20-2024, 04:32 PM
2 miles this morning. Really cold and really icy on the trails, which made me hesitate to go any further and risk falling on the ice. I'm more cautious than I used to be I guess.
Unfortunately only 75 miles so far this year. I was hoping for 100 miles per month during Jan and Feb, but I'm heading toward less than half of that amount. The good news is that March is just around the corner. In a typical year, our local weather typically sees a rapid improvement in the second half of the month. Its not beyond possibility that we get a huge snow storm in late March, and a few flakes in April and even May, but the likelihood gets slimmer by the day and we typical see more warm days. Despite being behind schedule on my mileage, I'm still head of my pace from last year. I'm confident I'll be able to top 2023 and reach my goal for 2024 in the long run.
In related news... working on cleaning up my diet again, and also cutting back on the alcohol. Not that my diet is bad, relative to the average person, but I have a bad habit of continuing to overeat after my exercise volume goes down. This goes back to my days of training hard, always being hungry, and being able to eat anything. The appetite just never goes away. I'll be 42 at the end of March, and without a high level of training, I guess my metabolism just won't allow me to continue acting like I'm a younger man.
Unfortunately only 75 miles so far this year. I was hoping for 100 miles per month during Jan and Feb, but I'm heading toward less than half of that amount. The good news is that March is just around the corner. In a typical year, our local weather typically sees a rapid improvement in the second half of the month. Its not beyond possibility that we get a huge snow storm in late March, and a few flakes in April and even May, but the likelihood gets slimmer by the day and we typical see more warm days. Despite being behind schedule on my mileage, I'm still head of my pace from last year. I'm confident I'll be able to top 2023 and reach my goal for 2024 in the long run.
In related news... working on cleaning up my diet again, and also cutting back on the alcohol. Not that my diet is bad, relative to the average person, but I have a bad habit of continuing to overeat after my exercise volume goes down. This goes back to my days of training hard, always being hungry, and being able to eat anything. The appetite just never goes away. I'll be 42 at the end of March, and without a high level of training, I guess my metabolism just won't allow me to continue acting like I'm a younger man.