I tried to run this morning, but the wind was so strong it about blew me away. I only ended up doing a little less than a mile and a half. The temperature fooled me too. It was 43 so I thought I'd be fine with just my long sleeve tech shirt. Nope. The wind made it feel like in the thirties. A couple of pictures from the short run.
Here are my splits for today's race. I do not get my heart rate. I didn't feel sick or anything at that high rate. I know I could have pushed more but I forgot to turn off my heart rate alarm, so at 185 it kept going off. Next race I am just going to turn off the alarm altogether and push hard at the end.
It was cold, windy, and dreary this morning but my son took me to Inverleith park for the 5k. It started to rain once we got there and then it was sleeting!
I told him if it didn't stop soon I just wanted to go back to the flat. He said the weather changes so fast to just hold on.....so we did. And it did. The sun came out and the rain/sleet stopped. It was still chilly at about 40 degrees with a wind, but not bad at all.
No records set today. They didn't use the chip timing system and only had awards for the top three for female and male. But everyone got a medal, and a goody bag,
My garmin time was 35:11, about average for me.
...but it is exciting to have a medal And a t-shirt from a race so far from home.
Got to run again this morning in The Meadows. Following are some of the sights from the run.
...and this is the street their flat is on...
I did a little over four miles at a slow 13:xx minute mile pace. Kept the heart rate average at 145 bpm. Nice!
I am getting the opportunity to visit my son and his family in Edinburgh, UK, really soon. Cannot wait! I haven't held my sweet grand girl in three months! And while I am there......I am going to run the Edinburgh Christmas 5k.
Amazingly in a city of a million people, there are only about 500 that run this race.
It was a beautiful morning to run today. Temp about 50, sun shining.
I went to the harbor and back, then on the street that goes west out of town and back to make it 3.6 miles. Great run. It is so obvious the temp and humidity play a huge factor in how fast I can run comfortably and how good it feels. Today felt awesome.
