Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

Another really nice day for running: 40F, and a little breezy.  I gradually picked up the pace a little on the way back home with the nice tailwind thanks to the north wind.  7:45 avg.

My R&R is now over and I go back to work tomorrow, back to the real world.  I think I'm going to set Monday as my day off, running-wise.

36F, winds 15-18mph, 26F windchill.  Wind felt a little stronger than that (was running 9:00-9:05 on headwind legs) but close enough.  Weather looks twice as miserable tomorrow though.  Today was my first early-morning run in awhile, I forgot how much I hate them.  8:17 AP.

This morning I woke up to a temperature of 9F, with the windchill at -9.  Soooo, I took some gym clothes to work; by lunch it warmed up to -4 windchill.  Soooo, I hit the gym treadmills but it was hot inside and I was sweating buckets.  Soooo, I sped up the last couple miles to get it over with.  7:42 AP.

Tomorrow morning looks ridiculously cold too, but the afternoon looks perfect; I will be back out on the roads tomorrow and maybe get in some better mileage.

Too cold in the morning, but I went out at lunch and ran on the county roads behind the base in Tye.  Perfect.  Mid-30s, and very little wind with clear skies.  Would love to repeat this running weather 365 days a year.  I liked the new route a lot too, the country roads were mostly paved and had no traffic.  I ended up with a natural progression in pace for the run, averaging 7:41 overall.

Then I had Burger King for the 3rd time this week.  Probably a trend I should try to curb in the future...

5 laps around the 1-mile track on base, 7:57 avg.

I took the Garmin and found out it's not measured exactly from the inside, probably closer to the center.  I ran twice on the outside and twice on the inside (the track is only about 6 feet wide but turns/winds a lot).  0.98 from the inside and 1.03 running on the outside.  Pretty nerdy thing to do to amuse myself but whatever.

I got the last pair of 1140s in my size on the internet (that are also under $50) in the mail, along with the next year's version (still outdated, and also less than $50).  Pretty happy about that.

Temp was about 26F, but very little wind again.  Did my 8-mile loop, AP 7:47.  I'm thinking about doing some HM goal pace tempo work tomorrow in my 12-miler.