Shorter Long Run Last night our temps dropped into the low 50's, so when I headed out for my shorter, long run today, it was a brisk 54 degrees. Considering it was mid 90's on Thursday, this felt frigid. Plus it was fairly breezy, especially along the river. Needless to say, I started off with a long shirt and shorts. By mile 5.5, I made a quick stop to refill my water and shed the shirt though. I tried to tie it tighter around my waist, but it felt loose and annoyed the snot out of me the rest of the run. Oh...and snot...lots of it. My allergies are really acting up. I've been waking up with my eyes feeling glued shut the past few mornings. And while I'm not feeling really stuffy exactly, during the run, my nose was running faster than I was. Also, my asthma is starting to act up. So breathing kind of sucked for the first half of the run. My lungs felt shredded, and I was having a hard time just breathing normally. But, once I finally found a good rhythm all the w...
Finding my happy place in the day-to-day.