Leaping through Feb - 29 days of Running!

[limewave]

5 easy miles yesterday. Good run.

[7rider]

Also wrapped up the month with 3.5 on the treadmill.
But not fast.
And I got only 50 miles for the month - which is actually pretty good for me.

It was a morning of options.
Last night, I was unsure what the morning would bring, so in the spare room, I lay out tights and a long sleeved top, in case it was in the 30s. Knickers and a lighter LS top, in case it was in the 40s, as they predicted (but I didn't believe the weather apps). And finally, shorts and a t-shirt in case the rain they said would come at 9, came earlier.

I woke up to 38 (blech...too warm for my tights, too cold for my knickers...It's no-man's land as far as I'm concerned), but dry. I check my doppler radar apps. Whoa! Rain all around - even through our streets are dry. But not just green and blue, but yellows and reds, indicating HEAVY rain. Rain + 30's for temps = yuck. I opt for the shorts and head for the 'mill. I finish 45 minutes and come back upstairs to the aroma of fresh coffee (thanks, hon!) and...what?? Dry roads still??? Grrrrr....

Shoulda, coulda, woulda.......

[emily_in_nc]

After a week off while traveling, I have done runs of 3.1, 3.5, and now 4 miles in the past week. It's gotten really hot here again (winter is over, such as it was), and the sun is coming up earlier, so I have found that if I run on the (unpaved) road rather than the beach, I get more shade. The trade-off is less scenery and breeze, and parts of the road are rocky and not so kind underfoot -- but anything is better than running in full sunshine.

I'd like to stick with the 4 mile distance for awhile, then hopefully increase a bit more if the heat doesn't kill me.