Who’s tripping down the streets of the city
Smilin’ at everybody she sees
Who’s reachin’ out to capture a moment
Everyone knows it’s Windy
Um…No smiling today, but I certainly must have been tripping when I thought about running today in gale force winds with a jogging stroller.
As most of my running friends will tell you, I am a Florida cry baby. I loathe running in temperatures below 60 degrees and I truly hate running on windy days. Today was one of those windy, cold snap Florida days.
At my usual running time, the temperature was a balmy 54 degrees. Since my training schedule dictated a short 3 mile run, I decided to let the day warm up a bit and run in the afternoon. That meant I would have to run with my 3 year old in a jogging stroller, which is by no means an easy task on a windy day. The jogging stroller caught the wind like a sail and offered more resistance training than I planned or even wanted. My average pace was 11:38 and I finished in a pathetic 39:11.
Tomorrow, I will just have to put on my big girl panties and suck it up deal with for a 6 mile run in the cold weather. Besides, I need to learn to train in cold weather as there is no way to predict what the weather will be like on any given race day, especially in January.
I just looked at tomorrow’s forecast. At 6 am, it will be 44 degree with a feels like of 39 degrees. Time to invest in some earmuffs. I can only hope it will be too cold for the scary sewer clown.
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I grew up running in Michigan, but it is much easier since I have moved south a bit.
Since I started using a Garmin405, I have found that running is so much better when I can look down and see my pace and distance every minute instead of trying to figure it out in my head.
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