Well, the family schedule today required that I get my run in early. So I left the house at 7am while it was still dark and ran down to the high school track (4 miles). It was 30 degrees, coldest temps of the season so far. I was cold the entire way. I wore pants and a jacket on the way down thinking I would shed both for the workout. Not a chance. It felt even colder int he valley. The infield grass was frozen and even the track had frozen dew on it making it a bit slick. The planned workout was 2M in 9:40 with a 12 minute jog before doing one more mile at 4:50. Well, let's just say it didn't work out that way. Running in head to toe clothing is generally not a recipe for speed and the temperatures and early hour of the morning made the workout a joke. I ran one mile in 4:58 and then went into my 12 minute rest jog skipping the second mile. I would have been lucky to finish the two miles in 10:00. Came back and ran another mile in 4:58 and then ran home. Sadly, in the 45 minutes of post workout running, the temperature rose 12 degrees. If I had been able to start my workout an hour later I think things would have gone a bit better. Oh well. | 