AM Workout: 1 Mile Warmup, then a 3 mile Fun Run (Staten Island Athletic Club) at Clove Lakes Park.
Time for Fun Run: 22:45 (7:35 min/mile pace)
Weather: Heavy Rain, 42F, Heavy Winds
Why I choose a raw, ugly day like this to go out to Clove Lakes Park and do a Fun Run is a question that I can never answer. But heck, I decided to go despite the high winds and heavy rain that no sane person would venture out into.
But I encountered about 11-12 other "insane" people from the Staten Island Athletic Club and the Richmond Rockets who dared the elements to go out for the Fun Run. And so at 9AM, our intrepid group started the run to see what we can do in this weather.
I didn't have a hard run slated for today, so I decided to run a competitive pace, but well within myself. I didn't want to bust a gut today. I started out at a nice steady pace and started building on it after the first mile. The second mile was right into the teeth of the wind, so the trick is to get tight and cut through the wind with as little effort as possible. Going into the third mile, with the wind at my back, I felt really great. I was quite surprised that I finished at 22:45 because it really didn't feel like I gave that much of an effort. It's all the more to assume that I'm getting more and more fit. Yeah, I like that assessment! :-)
With the warmup I'm recording 4 miles down in the log.
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