Just Right for Skirts

Last night as I walked from Gilruth through the parking lot out to the 800-meter trail that I like to use for speedwork, I passed a guy getting out of his yellow sportscar. He looked at me and as I passed, preoccupied with watching my Garmin search for satellites (even though the trail is marked and I really don’t need the satellites), he said something. “It’s too cold to be out here in shorts.”

1) I wasn’t wearing shorts, I was wearing a skirt, thankyouverymuch.

2) Why did this random guy feel the need to comment on my attire??

I found this odd. I think he had a gym bag, so I imagine he was heading to the gym. I guess some people only work out indoors. I didn’t stop, just gave him a strange look and said “I’ll be fine once I’m running.” And I was. I always forget that what is perfect running to me is cold to others.

It was Tuesday, so I figured it was time for speedwork. Last week I did 2 1-mile repeats, so this week I decided to do 4×800 with 400 recovery (the recovery was ~150 walking and the rest slow jogging). I don’t really have rhyme or reason for why I chose to do that, except that it sounded like a pretty good workout.

1-mile warmup – 11:49
800 run / 400 recovery – 4:33 / 3:44
800 run / 400 recovery – 4:29 / 3:55
800 run / 400 recovery – 4:28 / 3:40
800 run / 400 recovery – 4:24 / 3:50
1-mile cooldown – 11:34

Afterwards I had to head straight home to study for my final tonight in class. I’m not really worried, since I could get a 50 and still get an A in the class, but I’m a goody two shoes, brown noser, whatever you want to call it and I physically cannot not study. The thought of not studying makes me feel so guilty.