I wrote last night about being excited with the warmer weather coming this morning, and I even contemplated wearing shorts, I’M GLAD I DIDN’T! It turned out that the temperatures might be in the 30’s, but the wind was whipping, with some pretty good gusts, and it was cold. The temps were expected to drop throughout the day, and it dropped 10 degrees between the time I went out and the time I came back (i left the house around 7:45, returned about 9:15), it was quite a difference.

The good thing is that I got in just under 11 miles this morning, and except for the cold weather, it felt pretty good and has jump started my attitude towards running. I also think that registering for the races last night also helped, I now have a purpose!

If I keep pushing this ‘No excuses’ attitude, I should do pretty good through the spring I hope. This was actually the first longer run with the Mizuno’s that I bought last week, and I can tell you that I had NO problem at all with them. Its a very comfortable shoe even on the long run, although I think I need to get new, more comfortable socks to complete the experience. My headphones died (well, I lost one side of the sound), and my watch battery died, its just funny how all my gear seems to have passed on at the same time (shoes, then the watch, then the headphones) .. so I replaced everything except the watch right now, but i’m not worried about timing my miles yet. I have to add some speedwork in, but first I have to find a track around here to run on .. I know Emmaus high school is over the way a bit, so I might be able to run there, but I’ll have to ask around..

We’ll see what tomorrows weather holds, its supposed to be cold, at least I know that going out and aren’t expecting a warmer day, we can just expect to be cold. Thats okay, its NO EXCUSE to not run (see how I fit that motto in????) 🙂