There was a time when my rule for running outside was anything above -20C air temperature, or -25 with the wind chill. That was a time before I owned a treadmill. Now I'll hide in my basement if it's worse than -10. I've gotten soft.
But anyway, I did my run, which was 10 miles. Since I'm scaling back my hard paces to better fit my VDOT, I figured I'd pull back a bit on the easy pace too, doing 5 miles at 7.3 mph, and the next 5 at 7.5. Considering how legs felt at the end of yesterday's ride, I'm surprised I was able to walk to the treadmill, never mind actually do a run. But the run went off, and things went really well. I did a heart rate check at 5 miles, and I was 148 bpm. Five miles later, and after picking up speed, I was 153 bpm. So the heart rate is holding steady, and it's in the right range. Now THIS is what I've trying to get to for two months. Things are finally falling into place. It's like working on a jigsaw puzzle that's mostly blue sky, and finally being about to say, "I think this little bit of cloud goes right there", and it fits. I'm getting my legs back. Now the rest of you need to start worrying.
Run: 10 miles, 5 miles @ 7.3 mph, 5 miles @ 7.5 mph
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