Well this morning I decided to run outside even though it was -7 degrees with a 5mph making it colder than that. I wore my Underarmour cold gear long sleeve turtleneck shirt (first layer), Tech tri dry long sleeve shirt (second Layer), and my NorthFace windproof jacket (third layer), and tights with shorts over the tights. Head protection I wore my UnderArmour cold gear mask. Hand protection Mittens. I wore my regular running socks and I decided to wear my running shoes and not go barefoot :-). I'm explaining this thoroughly in case anyone else wants to know what will protect them in these conditions. I would have probably ran on my treadmill downstairs if it wasn't so hot, and if we had a fan down there. But I was tired of running on the treadmill the last few days.
The first two miles were cold on my forehead, because the wind kept lifting my mask up when the wind would push against it (next time I need to put a stocking cap over it). I decided to run the first two miles in the wind, and the rest of the run I would avoid the wind until the last mile, splits (7:10, 6:35). It really wasn't that cold or didn't feel bad after the first two mile warm-up, but I did have icicles on my eyelashes and mustache and around the cold gear cap itself. The next three miles I ran (6:35, 6:43, 6:23). This point I had my mask underneath my nose, because I had to keep my nose from freezing up by blowing the frost out of it. The last three I ran (6:21, 6:21, 6:24) I didn't feel I was pushing the pace maybe because my mind was more on the music I was listening to or paying attention to the weather conditions. All in all a good run in extreme below zero weather and definitely a challenge. Totals miles 8.6 Time: 59:25 overall pace: 6:39 Lunch: Not time for run on lunch hour. Maybe I can seek in a few tonight. Evening: I was able to get 5.3 miles in tonight before I taught our Youth Bible Study. I did this on the home treadmill. I did most of the run at 6:30 and did the last .5 at 5:40 pace. I watched college basketball which kept me entertained on the Treadmill.
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