Tempo: Ten minutes easy warm up. 25 minutes at half-marathon race pace. Ten minutes of easy cool down.
Distance: 4.9 miles
Time: 46:27
Performance Stats (out of 5 ★)
Legs: ★ ★ ★ ★
Gut: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Energy: ★ ★ ★ ★
Mind: ★ ★ ★ ★
Overall: ★ ★ ★ ★ .5
Soundtrack: The Offspring, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
Man, I am totally in my element running in this cool weather. There is just something about running with a winter hat, light gloves and leggings under my shorts that makes me feel all cozy on these cool fall morning runs. This morning's run started off nice and cool once I got outside - you certainly couldn't comfortably pull this run off in shorts and a T-shirt. Once I got started on the first 0.5 mile of the warm up part of the run, I was all warmed up and the cool air around me was nothing but refreshing. At the end of the run, seeing the steaming coming pouring off of my gloves and arms in the light of my head lamp while drinking some water was very cool and mysterious.
I also think that some of my favorite runs are in the fall. The Hartford Half Marathon is coming up in just a few weeks. That's really what most of this training is leading up to, and it's been my biggest run of the year. But after that there are some great 5K races around town, and then the Manchester Road race on Thanksgiving. We've got some great races in the Spring and in the Summer, don't get me wrong. But the fall time just seems like the perfect time of year for a road race.
So I'm psyched to have found my running hat and gloves. And I'm even more excited to get out in this beautiful early fall weather and put them to use!