Weather or Not to Run

There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people. 
 ~ Bill Bowerman 

The above quote from Runner's World makes me smile.  There are days when I just don't want to run, so I turn to the weather app on my phone hoping for an excuse!  But not today - I have a training plan and I'm going to follow it.

My plan was 4 miles of hills.  The closest hill is Diamond Head - more than 2 miles away.  The longest I have run in the past 10 days is 6 miles, so I decided to go longer this morning.  I ended up running 8.3 miles with an overall pace of 10:52.

The view from Diamond Head is worth the effort!

Another thing about weather is that it really does affect pace.  Jeff Galloway suggests when the temperature rises above 60° F runners should slow down by 30 seconds a mile for every 5 degrees above 60° F.  It is usually about 70° F when I get up so I am working to keep my pace under 11:00 min/mile for now.  That seems reasonable and I'm certainly working harder than when I'm at home and it's in the 50s.  My average HR was 144 with a max of 159.