011609 - Brick

Friday morning I woke up a little late and got a brick started around 6:45 AM.  The weather outside was quite possibly the coldest it has been this year (10 degrees) and I knew I was going to have to go out for a run after a 30 minute bike.  So I got all my warm clothes together, put on my cycling attire and headed downstairs for 30 minutes on the trainer.  I kept my average HR to 140 and my max HR to 146 on the bike.  I then quickly put on warm clothes and headed outside into the arctic cold to run for 45 minutes.  At first I felt really good on the run.  I thought it really wasn't that bad out and then the wind picked up.  About halfway through it, I thought my face (the only exposed part of my body) was going to get frostbite!  I realized I was pretty stupid for heading out without my face mask.  At the end, I had a ring of frozen sweat on my jacket collar and my black fleece hat was covered with a frozen white spot on the forehead!  I was happy to get finished and into the warmth of the house!  I completed the Catholic, Old Soldiers Home loop in record time and had to add some distance to get to 45 minutes.  All in all, I completed 5.6 miles in 45 minutes.  My average HR was 163 and my max HR was 177.