Hello!
I’m glad you guys are as excited about Project Snow as I am! I think it is going to be great. Essentially what I envision is a place where we can talk about tips and tricks for outdoor exercise in the winter as well as encourage each other to get active outside and find new activities to enjoy. I don’t know about you, but I always feel a bit blah in the winter…I hope that we can beat the winter blahs with this challenge and stay dedicated to our health goals!
To say I was excited to leave for my run this morning is a huge understatement! lol. I dragged myself out of bed at 6:30am- on a Saturday of the long weekend! Not normal I know. ;)
The name of the game today was layering, layering, layering:
I was decked out in Lululemon: Flow bra, Scoop tank, shape jacket, and groove pants. God, I love Lulu!!! I’ve had the shape jacket for almost 6 years and the pants for 5!!! Still mint condition.
I dug through the closet and found these Dollarstore gloves one of which had a hole in the thumb! haha. You get what you pay for I guess.
@lululemon tweeted me this morning and showed me these awesome running gloves. I must pick up a pair!
It was absolutely beautiful out this morning!!
I saw some horsies (yes I call them horsies!). :)
I stopped to take in some beautiful scenery…
Awwww……
Tackled murder hill ;)
And crunched some leaves!
Basically, I soaked up every moment and just took my run nice and easy today. I felt so strong today which was a great feeling. Running breaks = a good thing!!
The run:
- Distance: 8.04 miles
- Duration: 1 hour 17 mins
- Avg pace: 9:34 min/mile
- Max pace: 8:11 min/mile
- Max heart rate: 183 bpm
- Avg heart rate: 155 bpm
Ahhh it was a great run and nice too feel the endorphins back! :)
I’m blogging from the car right now…we just left our big Thanksgiving dinner! I forgot my camera so we had to turn around…ahhhhh hate when that happens!!!
Hope you are enjoying your Saturday! Stay tuned for the un-Turkey recap. ;)
Oooh, I love those gloves! (the lululemon ones, not the dollarstore ones :P ). Running in the cold is MUCH easier when it’s sunny and gorgeous out. I start chickening out once the clouds and rain arrive. Add that to the cold temperature and I immediately start dreading it! :P
You dont like my dollarstore gloves??? :( hahaha
I live in Florida so weather that’s super cold to me is probably nothing to you, but I have always had trouble running outdoors in the winter. I’m not quite sure what it is–it’s not that I have trouble warming up, it’s just quite painful to breathe in the cold air so my endurance goes way down =[ Does anyone else have this problem?
yes and yes. Will be researching it.
Thanks for the Lululemon endorsement :) I just discovered this company a couple of months ago and was a little wary because their products are a more than I would pay for lounge/work out gear and wasn’t sure if they were really that good in terms of quality. But I did get one of their hoodies at the start of the summer and LOVE it – so warm and cozy (so will probably be even better when it gets colder!!) and got another one yesterday. They just brought out this new running layer top with a hood that looks (and feels) amazing, so that’s my next purchase!
Your run looks beautiful!
I’m jealous! It looks so beautiful to run there. Running is such an experience when you have gorgeous scenery. It really changes my mood about running!!
I want to bundle up! I think last year I got to wear a long sleeved shirt for half a run, and it was so awesome!! LOL.
Enjoy it! :D
LOL!!!! Try running in -20C and get back to me!
It feels like you live right around the corner because it’s that beautiful here too and I have a hill that looks almost identical to yours.
I’m standing on top of our murder hill here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leatitia/2891366450/
Great pictures and those lulu gloves are very cute. I can’t look at that website for too long, I get the urge to SHOP.
Same murder hill AND horses, lol.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leatitia/3447525166/
Are you sure you’re in Ontario? ;-)
wow now thats a horse!
I wish I lived somewhere as beautiful as you. I think it might even motivate me to jog outside..!
Definitely in for Project Snow! I just purchased a North Face convertible jacket, running gloves, DriFit long sleeve shirts, and a headband for my ears. Hope I’ll be all set :)