I woke up around 8am this morning and looked out my window to see this...
Ok, so that wasn't 8am, that was taken after I got home. At 8 it was snowing and 15 degrees.
I'm starting to get sick of doing my long runs in the cold and snow, it's snowed the last two Sundays, but I think this is good for my mental preparation. Running when it's cold and wet sucks and it is miserable, so I'm building up the mental toughness I need to run 26 miles. I ate, watched some TV, and eventually got out the door around 9:30. I brought my mp3 player for the first time in a while and I took my belt that has 2 8oz bottles and a little bag with 2 gels in it.
The snow has a great sound dampening effect, and my runs in the snow are so nice and quiet I ended up keeping my tunes really low for most of my run. There's something about a Sunday morning when the streets are quiet and there aren't many people about that is refreshing. There's a great song called "Sunday morning coming down" that I can't help but think of when I'm running around quiet streets on a Sunday. Except that song is about being hungover and I'm out running around like an idiot.
Ok, back to the run. It was slow, cold, and wet. I just wanted to knock out the miles, with the slick ground I wasn't going to go fast. My feet got soaked and towards the end started to feel mushy. I managed to gut it out, the gel and water were nice to have and didn't seem too heavy or bulky, I think this will be nice for my really long runs. I consider the run more of a trot, but that's one more of my long runs behind me. I hope I get a few good long dry runs before the 1/2 marathon in March. I'd like to not finish runs with snow packed into my shoes and my pants wet 1/2 way up my shins...
kinda like this...
COME ON SPRING!!!!Quick notes: DO NOT LIFT HARD THE DAY BEFORE RUNNING FAR! My legs were sore before I started, not the best way to go.
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