At a "balmy" 31 degrees with 20 mph winds, inside my home ws a much more attractive place to be than outside. But, I have a connection with my TP that won't let me let her suffer thru a killer of a 5K in near identical conditions, while I sit on a rear enjoying warm house and coffee.
So, I headed out this morning. Cold weather and all. Some realizations...I was not the only crazy one out there. Apparently, there were at least 3 other crazy folks (and a 4 legged companion) by the footprints in the snow on my route. Yes, there is still like 2 feet of snow around here and the roads are covered, my normal route drifted over...and I still ran. Crazy to a new level. It went well, the first mile I kicked butt on a clear pavement street, 2 and 3 had lots of snow and I had to be careful...so I ended up with a near 3 mile run, avg of 11.22 minutes per 5.28 mph mile.
Here is the route (cause runkeeper is sooo freaking awesome): http://runkeeper.com/user/clyoungsey/activity/25763081
Love you Rhonda...you seriously motivated me out of my chair and on the road.
Peer pressure is a beotch sometimes : ) but it's helping me too! We ran a slow 5k, I wanted to stay with Mary Rurh, so no new PR but I got to spend some time with her and we hadn't gotten to do that lately. Tomorrows weather should be better so if I get really frisky I will take Mallory out in BOB.
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