I’ll admit it. Before today, I’d never had a fruit smoothie.

I’ve had milkshakes w/protein powder before that were okay (well, that were palatable and served a purpose at least.) Today, though, I decided I wanted a milkshake.

I started the morning with a quick breakfast and then I was out the door about an hour before sunrise. I went over to the trails for an 8 miler, and was pleased to see the temperature finally dropped to about 13 degrees, which meant that the snowmobile trails were starting to firm up.

Of course, I did a couple miles on hiking trails that weren’t nearly as firm, which dropped my pace from around 8 minutes per mile to over 12 minutes per mile.

Plus, the streams and brooks I cross aren’t frozen solid yet so I did break through a couple times, but my laces were only stiff at the end of the run and not frozen solid like last time I dipped my feet. I was still able to untie them.

It was a lot of fun. I got a little worried when the moon appeared to be getting obscured by the clouds, since I was hoping for a clear sunrise photo and my headlamp stopped working halfway through the run.

Thankfully, I got it to stay on anyway and once I was out from under the trees and in a field after that I found I no longer needed the headlamp anyway so I took it off.

I’d initially planned on making the smoothie for my pre-run breakfast, but since Erin didn’t sleep that well I didn’t want to run the blender and held off until after breakfast so that I could use it for recovery instead.

I was originally just going to have some milk with ProGrade Workout powder in it, but a couple of days ago I saw a video from my friend Ryan (who owns ProGrade Nutrition) where he made a smoothie for breakfast and it looked good.

So, I tossed some ice and a half dozen strawberries into the blender as well, mixed it up, and found that it was actually quite tasty. The ProGrade Workout powder is definitely better than the GNC stuff I used to use, so I’m looking forward to drinking more of it over the next few weeks.

Now is when things are going to start getting interesting, with at least 1 run that will last at least an hour in duration every day going forward. Nutrition and recovery are going to be the two most important things if I am going to make it all the way to 500 miles at the end of the month.

I need to make sure that I am properly fueled for my workouts, and I need to make sure that I recover as fast as possible so that I am ready for my next workout.

Stick around next week as I’ll be done with my tips on winter running apparel and will be moving on towards how to recover from your workouts.

Here are today’s numbers:

Miles Projected: 8 Miles (36 Miles Total)
Miles Run: 8.01 Miles (42 Miles Total)
Duration: 1:11:12 (8:02:37 Total)
Net Weight Change: -½ Pound (+1½ Pounds Total)

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