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I have a 5k Tempo run plus Maybe an afternoon swim – depending on whether or not my relatives let go of their grip on me ;)
Cross-country skiing with the whole family.
Knee surgery this afternoon, so will be recovering from General Anaesthetic on Valentine’s. Luckily, other half is happy with movable feasts and we’ve already celebrated!
It should be indoor cycling if I can fix the trainer…
Playing Soccer in the morning and vert light run in afternoon.
We’ll be doing some couples yoga!
Riding outside in this beautiful weather for February!
Getting rid of the flu…
My GF and I will not be running together on St. Valentine’s, she’s injured and needs to recover.
I’ll be following the original plan, the Run 5.30 (5.30km run at 5.30AM) organized for the Venice Carnival.
(it’s a repost, the first attempt doesn’t show up in the roll, sorry).
I will skip my training and go for a walk with my wife =)
A 25km Trail running in Brittany ” Trail Glazig” but alone :-/
Easy 5k run as part of training for a duathlon event in May…
Either 10 miles before she gets up, or our first family run (1-2 miles) as she just started running!
Usual start. 5km Tempo run at 6am. Off to work for the rest of daylight hours :(
My exercise will be minding 4 kids while my wife take some time off
Running and Swimming.
Start in my local 5 km parkrun at 9 am
Easy 12K run with my Valentine on my mind (slightly higher HR possible).
An easy 5Km recovery run in the morning while my girl is out working…
Pre-breakfast run before making up for it and not mentioning running for the rest of the day.
Swim, bike, run & xc skiing.
Working on saturday during the day, in the evening going for a run of 45min. On Sundaymorning riding the bike for 90km.
All because no girlfriend and I like it :)
An hour on Zwift island :)
More time on Zwift. Darn snow and cold.
It’ll be an easy day of a bit of time on the trainer.
I’ll do the 5km Big Bay parkrun with the spectacular Table Mountain in the background. link to parkrun.co.za
The hopes are for the first easy 10K run after my jumpers knee injury. Let’s see if the knee is well enough to keep up the pace ;)
My loving husband and personal trainer is helping me prepare for my first triathlon. So tomorrow we will be starting early with a 20 mile ride followed by a 5 mile run. I’m so grateful to have him by my side, pushing me up the hills when my legs can no longer. I have claimed ownership of his much loved Garmin 310XT so he has been downgraded to carrying his phone on our rides/runs to record on Strava. This prize would be such a blessing.
As part of my training for the Hamburg Maraton I am doing a 25km slow pace run
A nice 3-4 mile run, and then spending the rest of the day doing whatever my wife wants to do (hooray for grandparent babysitters!)
long ski touring day on the alps
Saturday my wife goes for a 5k run, Sunday I go for a 100k ride. We can’t go outside together as somebody has to watch the kids.
get prepared for my 28km trail the next week
A light run on a mountain path with my wife and kids (pushed by me in a running stroller)
Walk along the sea, and guess what ?? Reservation is made in an overcrowded fancy restaurant :)
run with my gir 600 m in a competion
thanks
We’ll do a lovely run in the glittering snow around our village. It’s lovely weather outside! Cold, but sunny.
20mile run !
Rest & eat :)
A 15 km trail run
No training on San Valentine day…
My wife and I will spend the day organizing our kid birthday’s party!
Yard work for me and maybe a ride on the tandem with the Mrs.
Picking up our respective new bikes followed by a test ride
Rest Day!!!
Norwich Parkrun for me!
LC swimming day.
Valentine is in another city, so flying solo! Race marshal and few hilly miles on Saturday, long race-pace effort on Sunday
Actually trying to go for ski touring … we’ll see
Definitely cross country skiing and making a heart shaped GPS track
A lovely 5k run along the Seine + 20min stretching session.
Skiing in the Alps
I’m running a local 5k hosted by the girl scouts (they give out girl scout cookies with registration and as prizes). My wife is Eventing in a local equestrian show. As always, thanks for the giveaways!
My very first proper swim in approx. 10 years which marks my first day of 6 week training for my first ever sprint Triathlon!!
Currently exploring Sri Lanka Witt the side, and climbing Hils, hiking through forrest and having al sorts og fun is plenty of training
45min z2 run in the morning and ca 80k cycling along the Athenian coast early in the afternoon :)
Monument ave 10k
Planning to run/bike/run with my wife.
Going for an early morning run.
I should of said my wife and son doh
Packed valentines weekend: saturdaymorning 3k swim, saturdayafternoon 1h cycling, sundaymorning 1h swim technique training, sundayafternoon 3k canicross race (trail running with da dog) :-)
Sadly, no training. We are doing a road trip to see our daughter.
We are going to go with the snowshoes to “cabanes de montagne” eat there and go back down with my best half.
On Saturday morning my wife and my two children aged 7 and 5 years do cross-country skiing.
8km run before going to buy new runners.
Hi Ray
After two weeks shut in with my wife and daughter and bronchitis, I am really hoping the weekend will give me the chance to finally get out for a run.
Nathan
I’ve got an interval workout planned this afternoon !
A nice 25km-ish long run is in store for me. It’s still the winter, so I’m focusing on building stamina and endurance, since racing season is still a good ways off. Thanks for another great giveaway, Ray!
A shop ride with our new team kits for the season.
Run as i can with my love in my heart!!!
Trainer Road for 2.5 hours and a 45 Minute SS run. Enough calories burned to then eat all I can for our V-Day Dinner!
bike/run brick, then making chocolate covered strawberries with the kids for recovery. Hopefully some strenuous “cross training” with the wife that evening.
A 5km run in Paris … lovely idea :-)
I’ll be continuing my recovery from a calf strain with a very slow four miles…
3 hours on the turbo trainer in Z2
60 min easy run, but maybe I run 69 min instead :)
20 km run through Old Prague center an dthet to periferals
No bike for me on Sat, so we can spend the morning together – But have a pass to sqeeze in a long run before dinner….
80 miles on the road bike with the guys, somehow all managed to get some free time on valentines day!
We’ll be biking into town to see the 6 nations rugby match against the French in Dublin – Allez Les Verts!!
Long run of 2 hours….outside in the cold and snow…brrrr.
A short, sweet 5k
an FTP test for 1 hour with the new Maximum trainer software, with massage afterwards :-)
A cheeky 12 kilometre run before the kids’ soccer, Taekwondo and piano classes! How romantic that we will be apart for most of the day!
I’ll be basement dwelling on the bike trainer – it’s wicked cold in NYS this weekend. My valentine may brave the elements for a long run.
Will try to complete a 10-mile run outdoors however living in the northeast between the predicted snow and extreme cold may have to run on the “dreadfullmill”, will then take wife and kid out for dinner.
An 11 mile run on what remains of the roads in New England while my wife giggles away the day with a friend in Jamaica!
A swim and then a long ride on Valentines day. The babe has her first half iron in march.
A brick session is the plan, weather permitting…. But considering i’ve been restricted to the Kickr since October for this reason, i might be overly optimistic.
Actually would’ve preferred a long ride in good company but a few time zones are working hard to make sure this doesn’t happen
a slow run to the gym followed by some plyo exercises and a slow run home
1st run post LASIK!
It’s finally time – my wife and I joined a triathlon club last year and our season has begun–run practice early Valentine’s Day morning!
two people, one watch: we’ll run together; no strava section surges though: north coast nsw in the rain: leeches and all….link to strava.com
My wife is driving me to somewhere in North Yorkshire and then I’m cycling back :)
Split running – wife runs a lap I run after our son, she runs after a kid I do a lap:)
Going to a resort in the mountains in Pennsylvania with the wife and hopefully get my first snowshoe run in with her..
A quick run before i change to my carnaval outfit.
A 13km interval run.
A nice long run because I’m getting ready for my first half marathon in Bordeaux. I also need to burn some calories before my Valentine’s day dinner (homemade sushi and maki by my boyfriend !).
92km warm up ride + training ride up the mountains.. (My first time climbing actual mountains!)
I will be at the track doing some laps. The woman will be at the fairgrounds seeking take tickets and coffee.
going sking this we :-)
Planning a leisurely stroll as preparation for 10km Hobart Bridge run on the Sunday, but also have to follow around master 6 year old in his little athletics session.