Today I learned two things:

1. The importance of keeping your arms close to your body when running.
2. When it is windy and you're running, no matter in which direction you are running, you are always running into the wind.

1. For some reason, I randomly pulled my arms closer into my body during my run. There is a tendency there to scrunch up the shoulders, so I think that in keeping my shoulders down I have felt the impulse to keep my arms out to the side a little. But not so! Keeping them in close to the body makes for more efficient running. I love when I discover new tricks that improve my form.

2. Whenever the wind blew, it was always against me. And it seems to just happen to blow when I'm running up inclines. Which I hate. I have grown to love hills, but the long, gradual inclines, not so much.

Anyway, I ran for 4 1/4 miles today. It took me about 45 minutes. It was hard. I was breathing hard pretty much from the get-go. Sometimes I forget I have asthma and that it makes running difficult. : /
I feel like it makes it that much more satisfying when I finish, though. I wanted to quit on multiple occasion, and wasn't running very fast, but I did it. :)