Cold!

Holy cow, is it cold! It's technically 37 but there is an arctic wind blowing that makes it feel like the mid-20's out there. With the first few gusts I literally couldn't breathe for 5-10 seconds and when you're trying for a 9-minute mile oxygen intake is somewhat critical to success. I developed a coping method after the first couple of miles which was to watch the leaves in the street about 20 yards ahead of me and when I could see them swirling pretty good I knew to brace myself for the next blast. Definitely a hard run today simply because of the cold. Before you know it I'll be looking forward to those "balmy" 32 degree days.