Aesthete Runner

The last Trail Tuesday of November and ironically it is almost 60 degrees outside. Unfortunately the main trail I run on is flooded due to heavy rain, but here are some pictures from my weekend adventures:

It is week 3 of Hansons Base Building plan and I think I am finally getting the hang of this. With more familiarity of the various runs, I really enjoyed this week and could tell a difference in my overall speed. Here was my plan for the week:

Happy Thanksgiving! It should come as no surprise that today's Oiselle Rungiving challenge is "Thank". The prompt is: I am thankful for...

Today's Oiselle Rungiving challenge is about reflection. The prompt is: Write about something you did to make yourself proud. 

I knew winter was coming, but it finally hit Chicago last week. However, it is only cold if you are standing still so I bundled up and headed out. Amazingly there is still a lot of green popping through the dead leaves and the red maple leaves are the last to hang on.

Time to check in on the second week of my Hansons base building program. This week definitely did not go as planned in terms of the scheduled runs, but I still found it interesting and challenging. Here is what I completed this week: Monday: Jasyoga - Run your core Tuesday: 5 miles easy, Jasyoga - post workout recovery Wednesday: 4 mile progression run with 1 mile warm up/cool down Thursday:  1 mile hike Friday:  .5 mile run, Iron Strength workout, Jasyoga - Side body reset Saturday:  6 miles easy Sunday:  10 miles long, Jasyoga - Cool It Total Miles: 25.77

This week's Trail Tuesday is probably the last week of autumnal splendor as most of the leaves are now on the ground. Thankfully the weather is still so nice for running and I have no plans to avoid the trails any time soon.