Sea smoke can clog your passageways
If it freezes to your face.
Deep tissue chill this morning. 8.5 miles into a -15F wind chill. I spent the the first four miles squeezing and unsqueezing my hands inside double mittens to promote blood flow. This turned out to be a minor problem. When crossing the causeway I was engulfed in a frigid fog of evaporating sea water. It took several minutes by the woodstove to get it all off.
Today ends week number five. 40.5 miles, average pace: 8:51. Weight down to 156.
I thoroughly enjoyed following the Olympic Marathon Trials via Twitter yesterday. Turns out the runners did have to run 2:09 and 2:26 to make the team after all. (See article on sidebar).
Near the end of this week, I will be doing a couple of workouts in St. Petersburg, FL. I am anticipating a welcome change in temperature.
Can’t imagine running in those conditions. Enjoy the warm weahter training.
I remember those bonechilling runs with the sea-smoke blowing across the causeway. I was rum
I remember those days. Nice consistency in your workouts. God Bless !