Ventured out to do a workout in the 19 degree morning. Brrrrrr. I double layered on top, bottom, and gloves and was just fine and not too cold actually. And the paths were mostly dry, but had some ice spots I had to slow down for occasionally that affected my pacing and made it harder to be steady. Today was my last real marathon pace workout. 2 miles easy, 2 X 4 miles @ marathon pace w/5 min. active recovery, 2 miles easy - Did both the 4 miles segments in 6:20-6:25 avg pace. It was COLD, and pretty icy sometimes. I didn't feel as solid today as I did yesterday. But I was going faster and the conditions were much less than ideal. It was a good feeling workout though. It feels good to be able to look back now and see the results of my efforts the last few months. I'm getting excited to test out my fitness at the marathon distance next week. So far the forecast is looking mostly sunny and no snow for the next 9 days which is positive. | 