Winter Run

When I first started running last Fall, it didn't take long for me to realize that I had the running bug.  After my first half marathon in October, I knew that I wanted to keep up my training and complete more races.  However, training for my second race in November made me realize that I am not a fan of running in the cold.  Aside from the fact that being cold in general sucks, running on cold days is miserable because my nose won't stop running.  When my nose runs, I can't breathe and have to carry tissues or else I end up wiping the snot on my sleeve (gross!).

To remedy this dilemma, I decided that I was going to take the Winter season off but run whenever the weather was nice.  Ohio weather is crazy so I knew we would have some beautiful days during the cold months.  Yesterday was one of those days, reaching into the low 60's, so I knew I had to take advantage of the weather.

 

This was my first run of 2012.  Although the air was still cold, the sun felt very warm.  My black leggings were actually making me hot until the sun started to disappear on the horizon.  I was racing against what little daylight was left in the day but managed to get in a 4 mile run and this photo of the winter sky all under an 11 minute mile.  In all, it was much easier than I thought it would be after taking nearly two months off.  I know that Spring is right around the corner so hopefully these nice relaxing runs will start to be the norm again soon.

Heather