Running in and with cold

Normally I would post this on @exhaust, but the site is down for now and I want to log it anyway. I am not going to hassle @mstafford too much as he does a great job generally. I will post it to the Steem Running Community instead. I am planning to make more use of communities as there are rumours that Steemit will move it out of beta soon and I hope Steempeak do too.

Someone has started an endurance sports club at work to help people find others to run, cycle or swim with. One of the suggestions was for a handicap race league. The idea is that we run a 5km course with the faster runners going later and you get ranked on when you finish. I know some of them are much faster than me. We actually did something like this when I was at school. I was not at all sporty back then and would be one of the first to start. I sometimes managed to hold onto that lead. I have some regrets that I did not get more into running when I was younger.

I was looking at potential courses and using a site that let you measure distances on a map it looked like this loop would be about right. It was just over when I ran it today. We could adjust the start and finish to make it more exact.

It was a bit chilly out. High winds had been forecast, but it was not too bad. I have had a cold for nearly three weeks now and it is lingering. I reckon my breathing capacity is somewhat compromised. Despite that the pace was not terrible. The course is fairly flat with some dips to go through various underpasses. Stevenage is a mess of big roads and roundabouts, but has lots of foot/cycle paths to get around. I just had to cross a few roads and industrial estate entrances.

This may not be the course we use, but I look forward to the races. These things push you to new levels.

Run free!