Overdressed but Speedy

Recovering from my short bout of the flu and spending the first part of the week with my students in Toronto meant that I only ran on Friday this week. Frederica, Terry, and I had a very pleasant run again along the river. Because they don't maintain that path in winter, we realize that each time along that route might be our last until Spring.
This morning I had a terrific Sunday long run. The "Bridges" route is more or less 14K. I set out with Adrienne, Sheila, Dave, and Allison. It didn't take me long to realize that I was dressed too warm for our -5 weather. There was no wind, so we warmed up quickly. I should know by now that it wasn't long underwear weather yet, but I had it on - top and bottoms. I also had my new micro-fibre mitts which are deceivingly warm. I took them off about 3K into the run, but found I had to slip them on for for a brief warm-up every 10 minutes or so. They're like mini hand saunas. Next time, I'll bring my lighter glove liners. I pulled off my jacket for the last 4K. Way too warm.
We really started off fast today and as a result I did the 14K route in 1:25. Not bad! That works out to a 6:04 pace which is somewhat speedy for long slow distance. So, I'm back on the road. This week, I'll get in my proper runs, which should be, Tuesday morning - 6K tempo, Wednesday night - 10K tempo, and Friday - 8K steady. (I won't run it steady, because I'll be running with Terry and Frederica).
I'm hoping for decent weather, but you'll see me out there running, whatever we get.