Running out of February week of 2-23 to 3-1

[Urlea]

Woohoo!! Another active week for everyone. Keep it up!

Despite having a good deal of difficulty pulling myself out of bed at 4:45 to join everyone for my thursday morning group run at 5:30, I made it!

Perhaps being so tired was an asset today, because as I exited the underground parking at my apartment I realized that it was snowing and windy. Kind of blizzardy. At that point it was affirmed that my last minute decision to grab an extra jacket & mittens on my way out the door was a good idea because I would definitely need them.

I knew the day would come that I would have to run in crappy winter weather eventually and now I have. Other then not being able to feel my right cheek even with the face warmer on top of it, it really wasn't that bad. I'm guessing the 20mph or so winds put the windchill at about -15 so that accounts for the frozen cheek.

When I returned to the shop those runners that had finished before me still had the same expression I did, which was, "well, that was tough. I'm glad I don't have to do that again today."

Anyway, I'm proud of myself for still going and finishing my 5 miles.

Eclectic Congrats on the 7miles!!! I agree that a lot of going longer distances is mental. It does get easier, I still remember needing to be a little distracted from how long I was actually running the first time I covered that distance.

Solo I'm with you on the humidity. Its really hard to run in! But I'm sure it's primarily a matter of what each of us has acclimated to.

Aggie I know the Garmin 305 tells you distance right on the watch. My hubby has one & loves it. I'm eyeing the 405 just because it's so much smaller and would actually fit on my wrist, but until then I'm using http://www.mapmyrun.com . Sometimes I will pre-map a route just so I can know for sure before I leave how far I am going. Other times I check when I get home. Use the satellite or hybrid view though, it helps.