fourteen

I love this cold weather running. it really doesn't matter how late I get out there. I can sleep in a little and not feel guilty, not be hating my life because I'm running in the heat. it's a beautiful thing.

I was going to do a fourteen mile route I ran last year, but decided to just do the baby pug tree so I could switch into my new shoes late in my run. it worked like a charm.

I'm glad to say I felt pretty good for the first half of the run; not as glad to say that during mile eight my legs started cramping. I was very tight the rest of the run. seriously, what's up with that? at mile ten I switched into the new shoes. they might take a little getting used to because with those insoles I feel a lot higher (because they're thicker than the insoles that come with the shoes). it's kinda crazy. but hopefully they will save my legs in the end.

the weather was pretty nice. slightly rainy and drizzly, but no downpour. it would switch from misty rain, to sunshine, to slushy-snow rain, back to sunshine, then misty rain again all in the matter of minutes. I love weather.

when I got home I stretched. made some french toast. {perfect blend of protein + carbs, right?} then the beloved ice bath. for those wondering, ice baths are good after long runs because you're muscles are torn from all the use. putting heat on them is a bad idea(like sitting in a hot tub--sounds nice, but really not so good immediately after a run.) because you want to restrict blood flow into your muscles to aid in repair and it will also lesson the soreness later on. so I suffer through a tub full of cold water + ice cubes for twelve minutes and call it good. it gets all my major muscle groups in one shot--no need to mess around with my bags of frozen corn. and after your feet go numb, it's really not all that bad.

14 miles; baby pug tree south, west, north, east, north, east, west