The runners thread

[mooby]

Yesterday I did 3 miles in my sister's neighborhood instead of the 3 miles I usually do on the treadmill at the gym, and man did I learn how much harder outdoors running is compared to the treadmill. There's just so many variables outdoors that you don't get in the gym. Hills, weather, etc. There was a serious biting wind going on that gave me a bad cough afterward since I'm not used to jogging in that biting winter air. I also ended up with a shin splint in my left leg too. My buddy who I ran with told me I finished in roughly about 35 minutes, which is not bad for me considering it takes me about 45 at the gym. Butyeah it was definitely not bad, I'm considering taking up outdoors running full time at home instead of doing it at the gym now, and possibly taking my dog with me.