Froze my buttocks off on tonight's run down to the Washington Monument! Weather.com reported it as "29 F feels like 20 F" ... there was considerable wind chill too, so i snapped a cell phone shot of the flags at the monument flapping wildly. The wind was piercing through my clothes. Luckily I just picked up a new layer of insulation, and it helped a lot. I was able to keep warm enough as long as I kept moving. Unfortunately I stopped off at the pharmacy in the middle and being in the warm building allowed sweat to accumulate under my hoodie. Going back in the cold after that was cruel and unusual. I'm happy I made it back alive and I'm now feeling pretty good about it. Running in the bitter cold is great training for the 50k. I anticipate Orcas Island will be cold and rainy in Feb, there will even be an alternate route in case of snow. So I need to get acclimated beforehand to strenuous cardio under those circumstances.

Tomorrow is a recovery day, and then it's back-to-back long distance trail runs on Saturday and Sunday...16 and 10 milers.