2/1/11

2miles in the cold
10miles 10%incline 10min pace
1.5 mile cool down (got a ride home from Jen)

My car hates the cold. I've had issues with it in sub zero weather in the past but this is the first time it has decided to just not start.  With no car, I was either staying at home or run the mile into the gym for a bit of needed exercise. I chose the point to point race against time.  After leaving the house, I quickly realized that I had under estimated my mileage and 1 mile had become 2 or more. This wouldn't have been a big deal except for the fact that my fingers were quickly going numb.  I got into the gym, ran my mileage and decided not to take the return trip.  I had hoped on getting a few more miles in today, but after holding my heart rate at a anaerobic pace for over five miles and not having any food to refuel with, my body was done.  I'm about ready to drop the vertical mileage for some consistent distance aerobic work.