Tuesday was the coldest run of the fall.  It was 28 degrees when I left the house so I was bundled up a bit and ran my 4 mile downtown loop.  I finished in 30:50.  The cold wasn’t uncomfortable, I’m just glad I dressed warmly.  I should have dressed warmer for my bike commute to work though! My face was quite cold, I wore heavy gloves and forgot to grab a second coat to go over my biking coat. Oops! I survived and learned from my mistake.  It should be warming up the rest of the week though.

I’ve been taking it easy since I don’t have too much to train for right now, just going with how I feel.  This has made me a little lazy as noted when I went out for Wednesday’s run.  I was going to do 6 miles East on the Greenway.  About 2 miles into the run I started feeling pretty tired so I turned around and made it 4 instead. I did it in 31:28 and it was a nice sunny 31 degrees out, but I just didn’t feel like extending!  Oh well I guess. This was another cold biking day.

Why didn’t I bike or run on any of the warm days that filled in the week?

Friday was another similar day… I only ran 2.5 miles.  Is that even worth getting dressed for? Probably not, but I cut it short mostly because I had to go to the bathroom.

I skipped the first MDRA Polar Bear Run so that I’d be at least a little fresher for Sunday’s Rocky Run 8k race. it was an amazing day with temps in the mid-50’s at the start and the sun beating down fiercely on us as we did loopty loops around the golf course.  More later but I ran a 34:41.

Weekly Mileage:

Running – 15.5 miles

Biking – 28.1 miles