Cold weather running

I'm faced with a chilly run tomorrow. It's clear and cold here; the temperature hovers around zero through the day and then dips down at night. The upside is the sunshine and dry conditions, which are great for running.

I went out Sunday and had a nice short run. Once I was warmed up I was fine. Even with the wind in my face, I was doing okay. I just kept going at a nice easy pace and got my run in.

Tomorrow morning I want to take advantage of the clear weather again and go a little further. It will feel great and I'll be so happy to have gone a longer distance, but I hate that first step outside, leaving behind the warmth of my home to step out into a chilled air. That's the toughest part of the run for me right now. Even if I feel sluggish, I know how to deal with that; I can talk myself through the most difficult of times. But to step out into the cold in just my running gear...brrr!

It's going to be a cold one tomorrow.

Train Vegan Train

I've got the running schedule, the shoes, the cold weather hat and gloves and the date of my next race, but I haven't been out yet this week. We're having a cold snap (don't laugh you easterners! I know, sis, it's minus 20 in Montreal) hovering around and below zero and brrrrr. I just want to stay in. Of course I'm on the concrete floor at work running around quite a bit so I'm fairly tired at the end of the day, but I am wimping out. Tomorrow I'll probably run at the gym on the dreaded treadmill and it will cost me 15 bucks because the drop-in fee went up, but it's still cheaper than a membership that would lock me into some crazy deal where I'd feel obligated to go the gym even if I didn't want to. The upside is that I like the weight room.

I've decided that i will make the Van city run a half marathon and focus on the longer distance for either the Scotiabank Van city run or a later one. I'm thinking about Victoria maybe...
We've got a big vacation coming up so I don't think we can afford to travel for any races and will have to stick close to home. This is fine since there is tons going on not far from home.

I've tailored my schedule so that db can help me with my speedwork/tempo runs on Sundays. He's sort of like a coach for me. Mostly he's support, but I've asked him to train me hard and I think he will. He use to train big football guys so I figure he can take me on. Or can he? I can be pretty stubborn sometimes.

Tonight I saw this group of maybe 25 runners all geared up in their reflective wear jogging along one of the side streets. I'm always amazed when i see such dedication and organization. I often think about doing such group runs, but I never really follow through (kind of my life story isn't it?). Anywho...they all looked very dedicated and hardworking. I may be a bit envious.