29 December 2014
Today was a little warm to be running in a long sleeve tee shirt; but, I wore one anyway. The weather was clear, sunny, and very little breeze; the temperature and relative humidity were 63F and 42%.
The run was scheduled for four miles; and, I planned an easy pace, but I didn’t expect that I would have to concentrate to keep up my running cadence! Today’s run was back among those steep hills, just south of Sattler, TX; however, the only wildlife that I saw during today’s run was one, lone doe standing in a small clearing behind a line of trees along the roadway.
Endurance Running – Week 7 of 13 Weeks, Day 1 of 4 Days
Repeating what I just indicated: I was really surprised that, in today’s run, I couldn’t just run (and focus upon the joy of running), but had to focus upon maintaining my running cadence. Even my cadence during the WU was slower than usual–I’m not as concerned that my cadence running up the steep hill of the first training mile was lower than normal (those steep hills are always an effort: both cadence and pace).
Happy Running!
I am jealous that you are running in much warmer weather than me. But I guess I won’t have the incredible heat you will have in the summer. Have fun out there.
While I’ll be running in warmer weather during winter months, I won’t always be running where I’m currently located. In fact, we’ll be living here, in the Texas Hill Country, for only a few more weeks before heading to New Mexico, then to Arizona for a few weeks. I envy that you have known routes to run (even with the cold temperatures); whenever, we move it takes me several days to scope out one, or more, suitable running routes.
When we were in Cochrane, Alberta, (May 2014), we were parked in Bow Rivers Edge Campground and had a very nice running loop (about 5-6 miles, as I recall). I really enjoyed the weather while staying there. Happy Running!
I haven’t run in Cochrane in a while. I might check that out on New Years Eve