5.2 miles- 49:26- 9:31pace
38 degrees- 6:20am start
Most important thing learned (or relearned) on this- roads that have a light layer of ice are less slick then sidewalks with the same layer. I spent a lot of time in the road this morning (despite almost getting hit in the first mile). I also took my time considering there was ice everywhere and I was in no mood to go down today.
Some runs feel light and easy, Some feel like you're running in swim flippers. Today was a swim flipper day. My Feet were heavy, my legs were incapable of coming off the ground, my hips were frozen. The cold certainly isn't helping the situation, but I think it was more a sleep issue. In the next couple of weeks, I'll be adding hills to these mid week runs, and I already know thats going to be slightly unholy. I'll be glad for it on marathon day, but not while it's happening. But I will do it.
The time is coming to also crack out the heaviest of my layers for these runs. I've been on level 5, with level 6 being as far as I go in SoCal. If I lived elsewhere I'd probably have up to a level 10 version of things. I'm glad I don't. I'm also glad I'm not having to fit these runs into a holiday travel schedule- I have no idea how I would work that. I'm sure I would find a way, but not having to work it out is saving me a lot of stress.
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