Today's run was the same as last Tuesday's: 5 miles with 6 minutes of total uphill time. I ran the same route as last week too. The most notable improvement for this week's run was the fact that there was no potentially life-threatening storms circling around. Hurray!
Actually, the weather was far more pleasant than I thought it could be. This is definitely closer to winter weather (it's 5pm right now and it's only 83F. If you can imagine!). I was actually chilly when I started my run this morning. Chilly! If only for a brief moment. It was in the low 60s with a crisp breeze. I didn't even think that we had crisp breezes in Florida, apart from the very occasional cold front.
There is only one problem: when the weather gets more tolerable, I want to really crank it while running. This is a problem for two reasons:
1) I'm not trained to really crank it from all of those weeks of taking it slow due to weather impediments;
2) I'm running a freaking marathon, not something where you need to crank it. By cranking it, I risk injuring myself or at least putting too much strain on my body. So this is a terrible strategy.
But it is so hard to resist! Maybe I will get better as the weather gets better. I will at least stay focused on not cranking it during long runs, that was not my best idea on Sunday. My primary concern is that I will get to the marathon, find out that it is cooler than I am accustomed to, and get going too fast. Yes, these are the things that I worry about. So probably it would be best if I just took things slow. Starting tomorrow. Totally.
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