This end to daylight savings is great so far. I wake up at 5:00am, and it sure is easier than how waking up at 5:00am used to feel. Put on my new Zensah leg sleeves, gloves, and even my reflection belt that I wrap diagonally around my upper body. The combination makes me look like a soccer goalie. I open the back door to see how dark it really is. It's 5:30am and although dawn has not hit, the sky isn't dark - more of a dark blue. I take off the reflective gear and head out. I do a tempo run today, with a regular to comfortable pace for the first 15 minutes and then I take it up a notch for the next 15. I decide to veer on a rather long hill, probably about 300 m. The view from the top is beautiful. Now that dark has changed to dawn, I'm really glad I came up this hill, despite that brief swallow of nausea. I jog back down, passing a woman doing hill repeats in the middle of the road, and complete just under 5 miles for today.
I liked the Zensah sleeves. The compression isn't too tight to make it uncomfortable and it adds some warmth on a cold morning. With 18 miles scheduled on Saturday, I may just get in a couple miles in on Thursday this week and that's it.
Congratulations to all who finished the New York Marathon. And congrats to men's winner and UCLA alum Meb Keflezighi!
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