I donned my gloves and warm head band, and headed out the door. It was cold enough that it was hard to catch my breath. The cold bit into my arms and legs.
I run connected to my electronic GPS mapping system. When I'd gone what I knew to be over a mile and still hadn't heard any tracking, I pulled out my phone. Sure enough my tracking system was on pause. When I unpaused it, it proceeded to tell me I'd gone one and a half miles in 4 minutes 30 seconds. Wow. If that was true, then I have a new career in running.
Running "blind" with no tracking bugs me. I like to know the numbers, how far, how fast, etc. It can be refreshing to run without GPS because it forces you to listen to your body. I knew when I was going fast. I felt when I slowed down. I listened to when my breathing became more labored. I had to listen to my own strength and body instead of my running app.
Once the run ended, the cold overtook me again, but in a new way. I noticed I was steaming.
This photo is my breath after my run.
This is not a picture of me waving or moving. I was perfectly still. But that is steam pouring off my arm.
It was so cold, I didn't have to wait long to cool off. I like to think it was so cold that my running app just didn't want to get out of its warm computer bed to run.
But I'm glad I did.
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