The Running Bandit!

I couldn't sleep last night.  I was trying to decide whether to run  5 or  8 miles.  My training schedule says 8 but I was thinking that since tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I don't work that I would save the longer run for then.  Then I got up and looked at the training calendar and tomorrow's run is actually only 4.  Then I looked at the weather ... 39°!  I'm a cold weather wimp so that made my decision for me ... I would go 4 today!  I bundled up in tights, long sleeves, gloves and a ski band.  I saw myself in the mirror before I left and had to laugh.  I was all in black.  I looked like a bandit!  :)  Probably not the best choice of clothes but I knew the sun would be up in about 15 minutes.

The cold does something to me.  Makes my bones hurt!  The first 40 or 50 steps all I could say was "Ow, ow, ow, ow, OW!!!"  At that point, 4 miles seemed like an eternity cause I was freezing and I hurt.  So I made the decision just to run it fast!  And that's what I did.  Was a good run and a PR for that course.  Blew away my last one by over 3½ minutes!  Ran an 8:35 pace.  Maybe this running in cold weather is a good thing for me.