Notes
Started coughing and feeling like I was sick after Holliday Park on Saturday, did shorter "long run" of 5 miles on Sunday, no running Monday (but did 45-min Pilates workout and shoveled snow for 80 mins). Wasn't sure I could handle 8 miles, but decided to take some cough medicine and go out, even if I had to turn around early.
Felt okay while running, if not exactly full of energy. The pacing kid annoyed me. Never said a word to me, I never actually saw his face. He turned early, went the wrong way around the condos, but then caught up with me again in last few miles. I lost him on the hill, finally, not sure where he went but I didn't see him at end. From glimpse I caught, he looked young--college or even late HS--not fat or anything, but breathed heavily. One thing for him to pace off me up to turnaround, but don't get latching back onto me again later...all without a word. I guess I was running the pace he wanted, but he might have said something. Embarrassed that the only person he could match was a middle-aged woman? Paul thinks I'm silly to have found it annoying, but it was all sort of WTF, plus it made me go faster than I meant to, having someone on my heels, and I was sick.
Wore C9 tights over UA shorts, Helly Hansen top, lighter PI jacket, yellow Mini cap, no gloves. Was a little cold.