I trained in my Nike shoes today. I took the advice of the sales guy and am training in both the Vibrams and regular running shoes. I do prefer Asics to any other shoe, as they feel like I'm running on clouds, but I bought these Nike shoes to try out the Nike+ training band. I like it a lot because I know how far I've gone, how long I've been running, what my pace is (doesn't matter to me yet) and it will track all that info on the website.
I live in the suburbs in the middle of lots of hills and trails. Most of my jog/walking today was on sidewalks while dodging the ice patches along the way.
Well, I attempted to do some fartlek training. It is Swedish for "speed play" or something of that sort. I would walk, then jog to a street lamp ahead of me, then walk and then spot a stop sign ahead, run, etc. I got lost in my neighborhoods, but overall, it was refreshing in the icy cold morning! I'm glad my hubby let me borrow his beanie otherwise I get intense earaches running in chilly temps. :)
