Baby its cold outside

Today it was chilly...actually it was just plain cold! When I stepped out to run it was 47 degrees. Yes, I did run. I went a total of 3.5 miles today. I started paying attention to when things happened.  For instance, I watched the house I passed when I noticed I wasnt noticing anything about my body and running. It was 1.2 miles into the run and I felt good. The kind of good that makes you WANT to run. The kind that makes you go further and faster. I improved my technique today. I started very carefully pushing my feet out in front of me further which gave me bigger strides and gave me the faster more efficient part. I felt good being out on my run and having a good time. I have been kind of sick lately with a sore throat and cough and that general junk. I thought that being out in cold air would hurt my throat but it didnt hurt at all, even after I ran. that was cool! Also, and this is big, I caught myself LISTENING to my book on cd.  Yes, Robinson Crusoe never sounded so good as today. I found I was listening and actually hearing what was going on. these things were wonderful. I am so excited for my 5k that I can hardly stand it.I also noted that I enjoy being alone! I am not an alone kind of person until recently. It is nice to be by yourself and have nature surround you. Something about it brings me closer to the creator of all things. I did dodge a dead roadkill that I couldnt identify.  Yuck! Luckily it had been gone for long enough that odor had long since been gone. I may have thrown up if I had to run through stink. I ran passed an accident with 2 ambulances and a fire truck. Looked like a child was trapped in the back of a totaled van and the driver of the car that hit them was not moving and it was pretty grim. I almost stopped to watch but figured I would rather run that stop. A bunch of teenage boys passed by me twice. On the second time around they yelled out the window "hey, fat B*#%@*". I was glad I was almost finished and home because even though they were young and clearly not the brightest batch of bananas, it hurt and made me VERY discouraged. It only bothered me for a moment because then I came to a point where I could see where I had been and I was impressed with myself. Hills around here are killers and I took on several and conquered every time. Well, I have a huge blister on the bottom of my foot and have no idea why. My left shin is once again in pain but I am going to make a run for 4 miles tomorrow. I mapped it out and have it all in my head. I was thinking earlier that I might sit tomorrow out for the pain and not wanting an injury but the race is close and I want to be so ready it seems easy. I cant believe I am even saying it is easy at any point. It was only a matter 8 weeks ago that I started this and hated it more than I could express.  Wow, I cant believe how far I have come. Enjoy the journey, BYE