Ran 6 miles this morning and my intentions were to try and replicate Tuesday's run since I was feeling good. Good thing I looked at my phone before I headed out the door because I made sure I had my mask, winter hat, gloves, wind breaker, compressions socks to knees and my warm tights! My ohone said 16 degrees not counting the wind chill and man that wind was strong right from the north. I started off feeling good and my first mile was about 10-15 seconds faster than Tuesday's run then the second mile you could feel the cross wind and the gusts hitting your side as I headed east. Then at mile two I turn north for a mile in which I was planning on running that hill hard which I did but my time doesn't reflect that because of the wind. There were a couple of gusts that felt like they almost stopped me in my tracks and even without those gusts my jacket was wipping in the wind. Then at mile 3 I turn and head west again in which that stretch running on the north side of the road you are protected for most of the way but when you hit the open areas that wind was cold on my face because I pulled the mask down and put it right back up. Then mile 5 is straight south in which I ran a sub 7 easily and a few of those gusts gave me some good pushes. Overall even with the wind I still managed a 7:23/mi average. When I got home Jamie had the news on and the reports said 10 degrees with -3 wind chills in our town. Don't know what I was thinking since I have a perfectly good treadmill in the basement but at this rate Boston may still have snow on April 20th so this was definitely a run that builds character.
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