Over the last couple of weeks I've been thinking a lot about my next marathon. I really want to get that third one under my belt, but I've also been thinking about trying to qualify for Boston, to do so would mean taking 23 minutes off my time from Richmond. In reality that means running one heck of a lot faster!
It was cold today, at least by Virginia standards, it was 27 degrees with a wind chill of 20 when I went running at 3:00 this afternoon. As a result I received more than one strange look from drivers as they flew past wondering to themselves what this crazy fool was doing running in this cold.
I was supposed to run a slow long distance run today, a comfortable run at a slightly slower speed. But it was cold... very cold... I felt comfortable all the way, but it wasn't slow, actually if I had been running a USATF certified half marathon I would have set a personal best of 1:41:25. If that really is my "slow" run then perhaps I could continue to add on the miles and qualify for Boston. Truth be told though, I ran harder than I would normally have as it was freezing out!
Gotta love running!
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