It was 35 degrees with that cold wind again. Today was the first race of the City's fun run series so I decided to incorporate it into my longer run as some tempo miles or something like that. I ran to Barry Smith's house and then we picked up 2 other people to run to the starting line. I ran 4.11 miles down to the city building. We got there in enough time to get a drink, use the bathroom, and keep warm before the 10K. I ran the 10K in 41:23, not really impressive but I did what I wanted and got some nice,steady pace miles in. I hung around after the race for the prize drawing and actually got a $10 certificate to a restaurant so that was kind of cool. Speaking of cool, I got a really bad chill standing outside in the wind during the prize drawings. Once we started running home it took me about 2 miles to finally start feeling warm again. I ran part of the way back with Barry and Liza but they were getting tired and got a ride back after about 4 miles. I ran the last several miles by myself and actually felt pretty good when I finished. Total miles for the day was 20.80 so I ended up accomplishing just what I wanted today.
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