Monday, February 10, 2014

Ron's Marathon Journal - Training In Bad Weather

"The inversion in the air made running difficult, especially being forced to log many, many miles on a treadmill."

Wheeler Machinery employee and Orriant participant, Ron Fehr, won't let anything derail his training for the Boston Marathon. Ron shares how he kept his workout schedule on track regardless of the weather forecast.

The past 2 weeks of training have been excellent, and last week I exceeded my personal best in total mileage for a week by running over 90 miles.  The inversion in the air made running difficult, especially being forced to log many, many miles on a treadmill.  That being said, long mileage on a treadmill is actually great mental training as it forces a person to be strong and fight through the boredom.  I do not listen to music when I run, so it can be even more challenging.  


As far as the inversion goes, if you’re going to be exercising outside and live in Utah, I highly recommend keeping an eye on http://www.airquality.utah.gov.  They do a great job updating the air pollutants hourly and offer a simple color pattern to determine whether or not you should be participating in strenuous activities outdoors.  They even have apps for Android and iOS mobile devices so you can check if you’re away from a computer.  I check it multiple times per day to plan my outdoor running schedule.  That’s it for now, live healthy and happy!


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