Outdoors training

Yesterday the weather was positively divine! In the 50's, sunny and not a cloud in the sky! A welcome repreive from the snow and gloom these past few weeks of winter has dished out.

My training went well. I mapped out 2 miles to run in my neighborhood and did so in about 35 min. It was wonderful. And my body hurts less from it than the training I do at the gym. I am going to most likely repeat the same lap but add a half mile becase it's always good. The reason why I only did two miles yesterday (when the last training I did I had done 3.5) is because I wasn't sure how training outdoors was going to affect me. Thank goodness it went well.
I think that having a change of scenery while you run helps too. I mean, on a treadmill mile 2 is just tedious. While yesterday it was a piece of cake! I'm looking forward to this race on Saturday. It's a milestone (no pun intended) for me and I'm really excited.

Anyone have tips for me that I can add to my training?

 

This picture just makes me excited about the upcoming new flowers and signs of spring that are going to start happening in the next few weeks. That will make my runs more pleasant and my walks very productive. Spring and summer are my most productive photo taking times.