Beautiful morning. Partway thru the run the sun came up. Clear and cold at 32. Easy at the ridge with full pacing on hills(that's what kicked the HR up). The only problem today was breathing in Garbage truck exhaust, Culligan man blue smoke and school bus exhaust. Yuck!! Pace: 8:52 happy with that HR avg: 154 not happy with that I was so happy that the sun is coming up earlier as the darkness is not fun to run in. But if it's light I don't care what else is happening- rain, snow, wind or cold. Just looked up on the web a comparison to running Concrete vs. Asphalt. Here is the result. Runner's World magazine rated running
surfaces from worst (1) to best (10). Here are surfaces and their
ratings: snow (2), concrete (2.5), sand (6), asphalt (6), treadmill
(6.5), synthetic track (7), cinders (7.5), dirt (8), wood chips (9) and
grass (9.5).
Needless to say I have been trying to avoid sidewalks as much as possible.
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