7.6mi, 61:30

Russell Lieblich, theme to the 1985 computer game Ballblazer
Dave Warhol, theme to the 1984 computer game Realm of Impossibility

WX at 0700: 21 (-6), DP 1 (-17), BP 30.69 (1039), winds N 6, RH 41%

Odometer 2: 240mi

Z3 for aerobic effort. Legs were tired but there's still probably some soreness from squats two nights ago.
Resting heart rate before start = 46

I'd thought this was going to be a recovery run, but once I was warmed up, I was going fast enough to make this a tempo run. From what I'm gauging, I'm more acclimated to cold weather running; my snivel gear for runs in this weather has been getting progressively lighter.

This doesn't mean I'll ever do a training run in the proverbial (or for that matter, literal) jockstrap, balaclava, and light coat of oil, but had I done this run a month ago, I'd have been wearing a lot more snivel gear.

This does not bode well when it starts to get warmer. On the other hand, it means that the shorts and t-shirt decision point is going to hover around 40 degrees. The run a few days ago where I was wearing tights, sweatshirt, gloves, and balaclava because I thought it was going to be 35 degrees ended up with headgear and gloves removed by the end of the run because it was just too warm.

This run in itself was nothing special for speed, but I hope this spells improvement when it gets warmer and I can jettison snivel gear for another 8 months.

Splits
1.5 11:51 11:51 07:54
2.1 29:13 17:22 08:16
1.5 41:21 12:08 08:05
2.5 61:30 20:09 08:04 08:04