Longmont Training #2 - 10 Miles

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It was hard to roll out of bed this morning at 4:30 again but I only hit the snooze button once and was on the road at 5 exactly. I had only a vague notion of where I was headed and started off by heading to a bridge over Left Hand creek where I turned around yesterday. I found a path running along the bridge that ran through something called a Greenway area and despite having no lights, I sorta found my way through. The path crossed back under the road my hotel was on and went on into a neighborhood where I crossed and recrossed the water several times. One of the bridges instead of having a concrete floor for the pedestrian lane had only a steel mesh substance that I KNEW was going to collapse both times I crossed it. I stopped under one bridge for a sneaky pee. I hate doing this but when needs must.... I am finding that the first 3 miles are the 'hardest' motivationally speaking. Once I get past that 3 mile barrier for some reason I can settle into a cruising mode. So with walking water breaks at even numbered miles, a pee break and a stop to make a phone call (had to cancel my ride to the office) I came very close to finishing the 10 miles at a 10 minute pace.

It was brutally cold and I was running along a creek or through parks for most of the way. I think the weatherunderground site is in town so my actual temps must have been lower. I dropped the gloves about 4 miles in and my face went numb at around 5 miles. It was so cold that the skin on my legs was still cold to the touch after about 10 minutes in the shower.

Time	5:00 AM	5:03 AM	5:08 AM	5:13 AM	5:18 AM	5:23 AM	5:28 AM	5:30 AM	5:33 AM	5:38 AM	5:43 AM	5:48 AM	5:53 AM	5:58 AM	6:00 AM	6:03 AM	6:08 AM	6:13 AM	6:18 AM	6:23 AM	6:28 AM	6:30 AM	6:33 AM	6:38 AM	6:43 AM	6:48 AM
Temperature	23.6	23.5	23.5	23.6	23.9	23.8	23.9	23.9	24.1	24.1	23.8	23.5	23.5	23.6	23.8	23.9	24.1	24.1	24.2	24.2	24.1	24.1	24.1	24.4	24.5	24.5