Cold and Dark

I have given up running in the freezing cold and dark. This morning was just over 20F with a sharp breeze and I went back to bed for an hour. What a difference a little sunshine makes on the whole picture! An hour later, the sun had broken a bit, it was still 25F with a sharp breeze but there was sunshine everywhere and not a cloud in the sky.

I took the flat route, 15 minutes out and 15 minutes back, keeping the pace under 9:50/mile. My shins hurt some more towards the end and after, probably from the faster-than-normal pace, but it was fun. Now each day has an extra 2 minutes of daylight, what a relief to have turned the corner from the dead of winter. Not out of the woods yet, but the trees are thinning nicely.