-5 Degree Half Marathon!

Today IronCraig http://schlawin.blogspot.com and I did a Half Marathon as a training run. This was not acutually a race, we just happened to run 13.1 miles. Wooo, that was chilly. Even though it was -5 degrees, the run went by quickly. Craig and I were chatting the whole time about training ideas, etc., so it distracted us from the fact that there were icicles forming on our eyebrows, eylashes, and face. We took it nice and easy. We had a good time.

Total Run Time = 2:11:00
Total Distance = 13.1M

I am really lucky that Craig is practically my neighbor. The odds of having a guy living a block away, who is as crazy as I am, are pretty slim. The fact that he is a fellow Hawkeye and works at OSF with me, makes it even stranger. He is a big part of why I feel confident enough to do an Ironman this year.
I believe, to achieve ultimate fitness, people need a good mix of training alone, and with workout partners of different abilities. I will post more about this subject at a later date.