it was 8 degrees when i went to bed last night. by midnight it must have dropped to 1, because when i got up this morning to run with Andrew K., the weatherbug said the high was 1 degree. the low was -1 and it was currently 0.1. brrrr!
andrew showed up around 5:10 and we headed out almost immediately. the streets were a bit dicey. the ice seemed slicker than ever. it was hard to maintain footing at times. i don't know how, but we managed our 2.12-mile loop in just a few seconds more than what we'd done it on dry pavement. andrew remarked, "i think i could run this faster if it wasn't icy." good things are coming.
after walking andrew a block to his house and walking that same block back to where our loop ended, i took off again. i was going to finish a second loop. my pace was good for this second loop. i finished it just 16 minutes after i'd finished the first.
i felt so good after the second loop i decided to go for a third. the last loop was completed in just over 17 minutes. i was so excited. i thought i had completed more than a 10K in under 54 minutes. 2.12 x 3 = 6.36, right? i was pumped even if i thought i was going to barf.
then i got home and figured my miles. i'd forgotten to subtract the four blocks from my house up to our stopping point. i forgot to subtract them twice, once for each lap. i'm still pleased with my run. the second and third laps felt good and i ran them fairly quickly. it was 8 degrees when i checked the temp at 7:00.
maybe i'll try a full 10K on saturday. i know now, that i need to tag on the 6 blocks beyond the "finish" of the third lap to hit 10K. i'm pretty sure i can bust a PR, especially if the ice melts off some today and tomorrow. it's supposed to get up to 30 today. almost freezing! tomorrow...35! woohoo!
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