... quite literally.
I went out for what was supposed to be a 3 mile run this morning. The timing was perfectly planned ... I left the house at 6:47 ... 3 miles takes me 38 minutes ... I get back home at 7:25 in time for Jason to run out the door.
What I didn't count on was stepping outside into the freezing cold ... actually I did plan on stepping out into the freezing cold and dressed accordingly. What I didn't plan on was the wind. It was fine in my established neighborhood with all the trees and little hills to block the brunt of it. When I hit the new ... read treeless ... subdivision and the straight stretch road where the wind was hitting me face on was when I really felt it. I was dressed appropriately for the cold ... but not for 'that' cold. My breath was literally being taken away from me. So I wimped out and headed back home. Actually as soon as I turned around it was bearable again ... but the decision had been made.
When I got back in I checked the temps ... 20 F but with wind chill felt like 11 F ... Brrr!!!
Oh the cool thing is I had an average pace of 11:11/mi ... AND it's not because I only ran a little over one mile. The first mile of yesterday's run was 12:16/mi. I'm hoping that I'm still on a downward spiral time wise.
Running Stats
Running Time: 13:31
Running Distance: 1.21 mi
Average Pace: 11:11/mi
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I am so impressed Amber!
I think it's great that you are so dedicated to running ~ even in frigid temps! That's so cool.
Do you listen to music or anything while you run? I ran a long time ago & stopped because I began to be bored.....
Let me know what you do...
Cold weather can definitely change how you run, what you wear, your pace, etc. I'm no expert on this, but I do hear lots of runners up here talking about it. Planning for the cold is a big part of what Canadian runners deal with in the winter.
Kudos to you for getting out there on a freezing day!
Megan,
Well really I was dedicated enough to get out and run in cold weather ... I was wimp enough to turn around and head home when it got colder ... lol!
I listen to audiobooks on my Ipod Shuffle. Right now I am in the midst of the Mitford series from Jan Karon. They are pretty good ... they get me out running so that I can find out what happens next.
I was listening to S is for Silence by Sue Grafton. Now that one was too good. I ended up sitting on my couch listening to most of that one because I HAD to find out what happened next and I couldn't wait for the next run to listen to it again.
I'm not much on the cold weather running myself. But the few times I have done it, its been with my run club.. its easier to do when your not alone for those cold runs..
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