When I woke up this morning, I felt like crap. Running was the furthest thing from my mind, so after giving my body/head a chance to feel better (and they didn't), I texted my training partner and opted out of our 9:00 workout.
About 12:30 I was feeling better, and also feeling a little guilt. I was supposed to run a 10 miler. That's the training plan. So, I made the decision to get out and run. If I felt bad, I could always cut it short (sure I could).
A quick check of the weather... 28 degrees with 15 mph winds... brrr.
Out the door I went. I chose an out & back course to run. There's a golf course about 5 miles from the house, I'll just run there and back. Great idea, but I didn't totally think this out.
First lesson... Golf courses aren't open when there's snow on the ground. Sure, the road was plowed by the maintenance crew, but that was probably on Friday. Saturday we got another 1 to 2 inches of the white stuff, and last night the wind kicked up. As soon as I got to the main driveway, I was running on a snow-drift covered road. A little bit tough running in the snow, and in some spots there was ice underneath. I took it slower and reached the clubhouse. 5 miles down, and 5 more to go.
Now the second lesson... When it's windy out, pay attention to the wind direction. All the time I was running I kept thinking how warm it was. Once I turned at the clubhouse I realized that this was because I had been running with the wind at my back. Great... now I have 5 miles to go with it in my face. And, I had worked up a good sweat on the first five miles. By the time I got home, my face was red from the wind, and my body was cold from the sweat being cooled off by the wind.
It took me the rest of the afternoon to get myself back to feeling normal.
Today... 10.01 miles / 125.16 total for the year.
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