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Running around the kitcher :)
Valentines day will start with a little breakfast on the bed for my girlfriend, then to the dentist (grrrr) and later on some small interval running training because I’m recovering from a big Avalanche accident last year. Whoever reads this and like the slopes: be save and be well prepared if you go off piste!!
It’s Winter in Chicago and the artic blast is apon us: temps below 10 all weekend. So trainer efforts and lots of chocolate are on tap.
Family excursion to the gym!
2 hours mid-aerobic but not with the woman :) I love myself – what can I say!
After many weeks of unseasonably mild winter weekends that encouraged cycling, it looks like Valentine’s Day is going to be spent shivering and maybe cuddling for warmth!
We are doing a 10K riverside, good training for everybody ;)
Hi Ray
It will be an early 3k swim tomorrow at my local pool.
Seb
One leg of the Bob Graham Round in the Lake District followed by a Valentine’s Meal! Busy day for both me and the wife!
To cycle route 1 along the coast of Central California for Valentine’s Day with my wife.
I plan to take my Valentine sweetheart skiing at Whistler tomorrow, followed by a romantic dinner in the village.
Cross training HIT class in the morning.
Likely watching our one-year-old to give the lady time to go for a long run.
nice and easy ride on my cx bike on sat. And four hrs. cross country single tracks on sunday
I’m planning an long run 14-16 miles whiles my gf will do a swim in the morning following in the early afternoon with a bike ride. She’s currently training fo Ironman Raleigh 70.3
Sailboarding all day!
A 2500 meter swim workout with the Mrs. in the AM and an easy 5 mile run in the PM. A little too cold and breezy to be on the bikes.
I won’t be doing any training on Valentine’s Day as we’ll be making our way to France for the first time! Nothing says romance like airplanes and long airport layovers! :)
As part of my marathon training, I have a 26km marathon pace run to put in. Tomorrow’s forecast high is -10C. My wife will prefer to go to the gym, but she does like like to go alone. So, after my run, we will go to the gym together and run on the treadmill together.
Once her run is in, we will come back home for a glass of orange juice and a special Valentine’s Day nap. I just hope I have some stamina left!
T25 Total Body Circuit and 1 hour on bike trainer watching XC world cup
im in Sweden training for ironman New Zealand which is 3 weeks away! A century ride on Valentine’s Day. My girlfriend will be recovering from a surgery.
A day of skiing in the austrain alps. Depending on the weather maybe even a ski-tour :)
12-14 mile run :-(
We are going to the UCI in Aigle and havin two hours sur la piste …
Going to take the dog out for a run around the lake.
20 mile morningrun then a afternoon gym workout with my wife
Running with the four-legged friend in the morning and probably some cross-training in the afternoon.
Can I call it a rest day and still count?
Sleeping in followed by a 90min bike and, more importantly, brunch.
2 hour trainer ride. Hoping to recover from hip problems so I can get back on track to my first Boston Marathon.
My Valentine and I are racing the VASA 50k ski race tomorrow!
Long family walk with the puppy :)
Off for a long, lazy forest run on a beautiful New Zealand summer’s day.
running 10km with my darling wife, training for Manchester marathon in April, will go easy on her though as it is valentines day
2 hour training ride for an event next week and then off into town to sort our marriage license. My fiancé and I are getting married in August!! She’s after a running watch not sure what I’d go for.
Long run in the morning and then making an unhealthy dinner for my girlfriend and me to cancel out any benefit from the run.
Long bike from repeats.
Run off the bike hard.
treadmill run while its -35 wind chill out.
80km time trial ride and 30min run … Countdown to Ironman New Zealand is on!
❤️❤️❤️ #parkrun ❤️❤️❤️
I’m going to go the Scottish sprint orienteering champs with my other half!
Trail shoes on foots and free run in mountain, along the places of 1st world war.
Will be running my first 5k race ever. Local Running shop is doing a 5k fun race for valentines and it will be the the first milestone in a 10 month 125lbs weight loss journey
I’m going to club swim training and then head out to the Scottish sprint orienteering champs with my other half
Running 10 km
That will be a simple 40 minute run, with my Valentine!
TrainerRoad and Sufferfest… what better way to feel the love!
12mi on the trails for my upcoming 50K in March.
My girlfriend and I will be doing some cold-weather running in Pittsburgh.
I’m on for a 3 hour bike ride tomorrow and then it’s a surprise – running shoe shopping (the new Brooks colors!) and a nice short run with my wife. She just started running and I’ve been encouraging / coaching her. She’s maybe up to a mile and we’re working to 5k so we can do a run for our anniversary later this year.
P.S. Something like this would only help her motivation more!
Five miles on Saturday in training for the Gate River Run 15k in Jacksonville next month (solo, the hubby is a gym-rat, bless his hot little heart…)!
An evening run and after that a diner with my Valentine!
the day will start with moving out of our old house and into the new one.
And if I have any energy left I’ll go for a 15k easy run.
5 mile easy run
A football tots session with my 2 year old and then a kids birthday party. Hardest workouts of the week!
Parkrun
my training for this weekend is recouping fron yesterday’s reconstructive knee surgery for a ruptured quadriceps tendon.
I don’t love my husband just on V day. I love him all the time so nothing special will happen tomorrow. Or it could be if we won the prize :). Tomorrow we are going on run together as usual
morning run for about 10k, evening swim for 2k..
1,5 hours on the hometrainer in the morning and proberly 10k easy running later on
5 km running in the morning, 1700 m swimming in the evening
10 Mile training run
Hitting the trail at sunrise for 10-15 miles so I can get back home to spend the rest of the day with the wife.
20 mile road bike and 2hr surf session!!!
my valentines consist of me doing Insanity then i will be doing 26 miles on the indoor Tacx trainer multiplayer – Wife will be at hand for sweet refreshments & filling the water bottle up !!! then ill treat her to some sunday lunch !!!
work in the morning. Swim / run after work with wife. I will be helping her with her swim stroke. Maybe go to diner if she does well.
We are doing a 5k run at Zoo Miami on Valentines day.
A run with the hubby on the local greenway on Saturday morning.
Morning walk from my town to the next one, run along the beach, then brisk walk-run back. 8-10 km total.
Not sure what tomorrow’s plans are but we usually go for a nice long ride (even got engaged half way through a ride last spring!)
I will be getting on my trainer early in the morning, and my lovely wife will be right beside me on hers.
Just training for my first marthon on april he 12the in Rotterdam
ps love you site :-)
A nice long run, and a nice ride on the trainer…weather permitting.
5km run + 1h swimming
Early morning 10k to start the day and then visit the farmers market
Planning a 1.5hr Zwift ride Saturday and a 6 mile run Sunday.
Hot Chocolate 15K in Nashville, keep the wife happy with chocolate!
6 mile trail run with wind chills below zero…should be fun! Time to see if her old Forerunner can handle that kind of cold.
5k followed by 1500 yd swim
3 Airport City loops on the bike before heading to lunch with my love!
Cross country ski marathon “golden chepel 2015” in my homeland town Nerekhta.
Long run before valentine’s date
Going to a funeral and spending 8hrs in a car, happy valentines:(
Tomorrow I gonna have a short run in the morning and some swimming in the evening.
A good relationship is a like bike ride . There will be days that will look like a 16% uphill. There will be days that will make life as joyful as a countryside century. Yes there will be those little “flats” that crop up that you will need to fix . But once you have crossed that uphill , fixed all the flats and you look back – it’s worth every single minute of your lifetime
Tomorrow , I will be taking the love of my life , my cervelo s1 on a long ride. She has stuck with me , I have with her. I couldn’t have asked for a better companion :)
5k race pace ski session to get ready for the 51k American Birkie!
swimm sessison, early in the mornning, cheers
I am slammed at work, but will squeeze in at least a 3 mile run in the afternoon on Valentine’s Day….thank goodness for the run or I would never be able to relax after a hectic work day.
Bouldering!
20k with 10*400m sprints ;-)
Too much black ice here in NYC to be biking safely. Running with cupid instead.
Easy xc tour in the morning – then sit back and enjoy the sun!
Running my first Half Marathon! The a1a marathon in South Florida. It’s my first mommy break too ever in almost six years. So excited!!
wife and I are going to run 20 miles in my hometown of scenic Wilmington, NC
I’m doing 10k test run in an indoor track together with my training group. It’s winter here in Moscow.
Training on treadmill (8 km) to reach halfmarathon after cancer
My beautiful wife and I will start our Valentines Day with a 18 mile training run preparing for the DC Rock and Roll Marathon next month!
Going out early for a Hill ride with my son before it heats up to 41deg C and then jumping on the kickr in the arvo for a 4x25min tempo interval session.
She is running 8, I am making Cinnamon Rolls for post-race carbo-loading
Running a 5k with chocolate truffles for all the racers!
5-6k run…
Fleet Feet Run for your Heart 5k!