Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Another day in the Books

After yesterday's little frozen hands debacle, I stopped by one of my local running stores and picked up a pair of these Nike gloves:

They're more like liners than gloves, but they let enough air through to keep my hands from getting sweaty. Just what the doctor ordered! They have a cool key pocket on the palm of each hand. Unfortunately my key is too big to use the pocket though. Too bad the pocket's not big enough for a cup of coffee. Oh well. The best part is they were the least expensive gloves in the store at $17.95.

And with those, day two of morning running is in the books. I got out around 7AM today. While the thermometer showed the same temperature as yesterday, the addition of the gloves and the bright sun made it seem infintely warmer. I ended up putting in 5 miles at an average pace of 9:10 with an average heart rate at 80% of max. Right dead on in the aerobic zone.

On the plan tomorrow - 3 easy miles. I'm heading out earlier and not forgetting the camera.

11 comments:

  1. OOOH way to go Glenn! See I knew you were a morning runner at heart! lol

    It was 25 degrees again this morning...not as bad as last weeks 25 degree run! lol

    Cant wait to see pictures!

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  2. Hmmmm. I always thought gloves would make my hands too sweaty. Good job on the morning running!

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  3. Nice looking gloves. By the way, what was the tempurature? And remember, I'm running in MN.

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  4. They look great. I'm about to move to a cold climate from the tropics, so I'll be saving this post... :)

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  5. Nice new gloves! I saw those and wondered if the key hole would be big enough.

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  6. Another chilly one...love the gloves! I have a nasty habit of loosing mine so I have to buy the very, very cheap ones. Yours are slick and I bet they're warm!

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  7. When I started reading this I thought, "What, did Glenn move somewhere cold?" Now I see that you are just talking about early-morning in So Cal. I remember from last winter how cold I got. I may have to check out those gloves since I'm going to be forced into running in the early a.m.

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  8. Love the idea of a key holder in the gloves - genius! They look warm too.

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  9. oooh your gloves look like the big brother version of my gloves. :) I know that I'm going to end up wearing my super fluffy winter mittens over them when it actually gets cold here. should be a sight to see. :)

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  10. i have a similar pair of gloves. they work well! my key fob thingy doesn't fit though, bummer. i don't wear mine when it's 50* out though ;)

    just bustin' your chops of course.

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