let it snow

As you may have guessed from the title, it snowed a little today. Not a big snow, but a few flurries. Either way it's a drastic change from yesterday's 50 degrees. I'll admit I was a little skeptical as I headed out the door wearing the same gear as yesterday morning- Shorts, turtleneck, gloves, and headband. At first it was chilly, but after a mile up the double-H, I saw a friend. My little buddy was out playing with his friends and saw me. He started to run with me. After a few yards I said I'll Race you to the end of this road. He said okay and him and his buddies tried to stay with me. I gave them a few yards and then accelerated to about 85-90 percent top speed. The other boy was like Whoa he's fast. They said Can we start over. I just yelled back, Tommorow!

While that was fun, it wasn't the best idea. I accelerated fine, but just kind of took off. My ankle now is throbbing, but not necessarily hurting. Toward the end of the run my ankle felt better. It is just a nagging pain around the bottom of the ankle. I'll keep stretching it the next couple days. I just hope it doesn't nag me during the race. I'd really like to open up Saturday and see if I'm capable of my old speed again.

It was nice running in the cold. I felt like a real runner and after the little race I felt great. It was good to have something like that during my daily get it done run. The workouts tuesday night seem to have paid off. I think next time I'll work even more reps in because I haven't been sore at all. I also have remembered to stretch a lot more than I have been. April went running last night in the dark. She said she ran the whole time. Way to go! I think she ran her fastest so far. I am proud of her, but wish we could run together. Now that the stupid daylight savings time kicked in she barely gets a mile in before it's pitch black. What is the point of saving daylight if the sun sets at 4pm? I don't know either. I'd rather it be dark at work in the morning, than when I got home at night.

4(5.0) miles. 37 degrees with flurries. light grey