1:59:33. 40F, raining, windy and a very very hilly run. I am not complaining - but this was, weather-wise a pretty tough run. It rained all night and was pouring when I got up this morning. I waited until it was more of a "drizzle" before I started. Since it was on the cool side I decided to wear tights, mainly because I knew it was going to rain the whole time and I hate wet sticky shorts. At first, especially on some of the uphills, I thought I was going to regret the tights -- but after about 20 mins I was soaked through and after the first 40 mins I was into a stiff headwind and it was cold. By the last 30 mins my hands were numb from the cold wind and wet gloves and I was very happy to be in tights ;-). I ran the last 20` hard -- the very last 2 miles are uphill (some parts are pretty steep) - it is a stretch of road that when I run "down" to the track usually takes me about 19 mins -- I ran it in 16:53, probably 7:45 pace on the gentler incline and about 8 min pace on the serious uphill part. All and all a very good training run, it is a good "rolling" course with at least 4 very steep sections and so the body gets used to "work hard" and then "recover" for the whole 2 hours ... no "sleeping on your feet" ;-). I hope you are all having a wonderful family day -- enjoying birthdays, successes and warm nights at home! | 