Went out for a nice 9pm run - 42F, drizzly with wind gusts of up to 30mph. Wind wasn't as much fun, but otherwise, my ideal running weather and in the dark is even better! Shorts, long sleeve tee, and light cotton gloves. Great run tonight. The first 1/2mi is uphill and I took it easy with the cooler weather and just warming up. It felt like I was doing about 10:30-10:45 but read an even 5:00 so faster than I had thought or felt. The rest was somewhat flat with some mild grades. The last 1/2mi is downhill coming a different way. I liked the course I took, but I only noticed one maybe 1/4mi where it was blowing with me. I could tell because my hands started to sweat and I considered taking the gloves off. Then it started blowing in my face or to my side and I reconsidered. The last mile or so my (healed) left foot started hurting again. The downhill pounding at the end didn't help even though I was holding back. I'll ice it tonight, throw some Tiger Balm on and it should be better tomorrow...I hope! 9:15, 8:32, 8:45, 8:35, 7:01 (0.87) |