Man am I tired of running in the cold…

It was in the low 20s when we took off this morning, so layers was again key. I stayed up way too late last night and didn’t have enough water late yesterday to make today fun. While I did complete the four miles ahead of most, I ended up walking on probably 4 separate occasions. The sinuses run when it’s cold, so I have to stop and blow my nose! I tried doing that running a few times but practically keeled over since you cannot blow your nose and breathe at the same time!

One purchase I made this week was a new watch. I paid about $35 at Costco for a Nike watch that is specifically for runners. It has a pace alarm (so you can set, say, a 10 minute pace) and a lap timer. I may use that on the local track when the weather warms up a bit, rather than on the treadmill.

I’ve now completed the four mile course three times – only one was what I could consider moderate to easy (Wednesday night). This week calls for 3.5 miles easy on Monday, 4.5 miles mixed on Wednesday, then 5 miles on Saturday. Considering the 10K is just 5 weeks from today, that should put me in good shape to make the 10K a very “do-able” run! I will do my best to meet the group on Wednesday – since that seemed to be the best run yet and the motivation to keep going was there.