Five miles in the snow

Well that sounds like a story to tell my grandchildren…Actually it was more like five minutes of the occasional flake, but I think it counted for running in the snow, at least it sounds dramatic. My run started out on a cold sunny day and quickly turned into a cold snowy day, which quickly turned back into a cold sunny day. I have been having some trouble with timing my runs. I am ready to go in the morning but it is too cold and I want to wait till the afternoon, but then I find excuses to blow it off. Or I end up eating and that gets in the way. Today a full belly threatened, but I ran anyway. I felt pretty sluggish the whole time, but I ended up doing better than 10 min miles. This was the second run since taking a week off and it felt pretty good. My breathing was a bit rough, but that is to be expected. Muscle-wise I felt fine but today I face the same scheduling issues. Its is 28 out and the temp threatens to get over 50by this afternoon. If I can just hold out…