Location: Memorial –> Sabine
Distance: 8 mi
Avg Pace: 11:15
Avg HR: 170 
Temp: 59

This was a hard run.  I think the work week, and possibly Wednesday night's run, had caught up with me.  Even before the halfway mark, I felt like I was done - but once you're past the catacombs, you might as well finish the whole loop.  Though, I'm glad Maureen wanted to do the full 8 miles - even though I felt like I was dragging (I stayed about 20 feet behind Maureen most of the time), I'm glad I put in the miles. 

The air was pretty chilly - almost too chilly - especially along the Bayou.  I think the wind made the temperature feel about 5 degrees colder than it did in the Park.   We also noticed that the ripe guano smell of the Waugh Bridge bat colony was particularly strong, even long after we'd passed the Bridge.   Again, probably the wind.

On the way back, my hands started to feel numb from the cold, with that pins-and-needles feeling you get when your foot falls asleep.  I tend to clench my hands when I run, especially when I'm tried, and I become most aware of it in cold weather.  I have to remember to relax my hands!  But it's good because the chilliness reminded me to take some cheap, disposable cotton gloves to NYC.  If my hands are cold on a Houston evening, I'm sure they'll be even more cold at 5:30am in New York. :)