Jess Fox Run Part Duex

Jess Before Running

Fox Run Park
December 22, 2010
2.1 miles
26:18 minutes
13:09 min/mile

One look outside this morning revealed a frost covered world.  The temperatures have dropped over 20 degrees since yesterday and a grey, icy fog hangs over everything.   The day is not inviting to anyone.

Jess makes her way up stairs at 9 am.  "Are we still running this morning Mom?" she asks sleepily.  Of course we are I respond.  We just need to dress appropriately.  Hat, gloves, double layer and pants.  "Okay," Jess responds and heads back downstairs to make our appointed 9:30 am start.

We drive to the park and take a peek at the outside temperature reading on the car's dash -- 23 degrees.  It's not freakin' freezin' cold I tell Jess, just cold.  Out we dash for a quick photo and then we begin our run.

We warm up and start just as we did on Monday and make our way around the loop.  Jess is doing quite well and neither of us are suffering from the cold.  Yes, it's cold; however, there is no wind and we feel great.  One loop around and I look at my garmin and tell Jess we ran it 20 seconds faster than we did on Monday.  Yay.  Not a whole lot of whoopla coming from Jess this morning; but she readily agrees to a second loop.

This morning I see the tree decorated with ornaments and Christmas stockings as well as the fruit tree for the animals.  Almost all of the apple slices are gone and only a few oranges hang from the boughs.  Jess and I run by it and head onto the single track again instead of completing the second loop.  Jess takes the lead and determines when we walk and when we run.  She does a great job of only walking when necessary.  The single track gives us more distance and we hit 2 miles before we make it back to the parking lot.  Once at the 2 mile point, we elect to have a cool down walk and not push ourselves.

Overall, we've run almost 20 seconds faster a mile than Monday and we are both happy.  This calls for a reward so Jess and I head to the coffee shop for a much deserved treat!

Mom & Jess Starting the Day off right!