3 and 1 X 6 mile hill all winter
Dear Bob-
I have been running more outside this winter. I teach in the city of Fairbanks, Alaska although I am a Bushbunny at heart. I have to stay here while my kid is going to high school. I normally run inside(stairs) but I felt guilty about my dogs and decided to run them 6 times per week.
I generally get about 3.2 miles on general days and 1-2 days I take a different route that climbs 1200ft up a powerline.
I had to take one week off when it got colder than -40F as the Pitbull would get very cold. The dogs, a pug and a pitbull, generally run pretty fast because I don't give them an opportunity to mess around until we get near home and if they slow down they kind of freeze a bit. Winter running burns fat better than summer running and feels good. I figure -15-(-25F) is about perfect.
I find that running in winter is better than in summer as snow provides greater cushioning for tendons.
I lift heavy five times per week in a modified double split squats, cleans and pullups as most important lifts with BFS and Tabata style sprints with medicine balls. Basically, medicine balls bounce these days and I race high school kids in shuttle races while bouncing the rubber medicine balls. This burns lungs like running up hills or packing heavy up hills.
I guess that I am still pretty young at 39.
I just think that it is fun to run the mutts.
sincerely,
Thomas