I did the same route as last night, but a whole second faster per mile. It was a 7:54 tonight. I was just going to run 3 miles because my parents kept telling me how incredibly cold it was going to be. They even suggested that I shouldn't go. I might have rolled my eyes at them except I saw my little kids sitting next to them on the couch watching a movie and I thought "geez I love my kids and I know I'm going to love them until I'm dead" and I decided to keep the eye roll to myself. I was all prepared to be knocked down by the cold, to wish that I had access to a treadmill, to die of frozen lungs - but I'm pretty sure it was warmer tonight than it was last night. It was still face-cracking cold, but slightly less face cracking cold than last night. So I extended the run to 4 miles. I even considered five miles but I'm planning on 5 tomorrow and 10 on Saturday and I'm still trying to bring my mileage up slowly enough not to give myself injuries. I've finally faced the fact that I'm in my 30's and my body isn't going to up and do whatever the heck I want it to, gosh.
Anyhow, tonight my body felt good, loose and content to be running. I didn't feel any numbness of leg or mind. In no way did I feel like I was improving as a runner tonight but I also didn't feel like I was DISimproving. It was simply a decent run. |