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20+ minutes on the stepper today. Heart rate was about 65-70%. Followed that up with upper body weights. The cardio was not very satisfying, but it's hard to get my heart rate up on the stepper without misusing my knees.

I've been checking out the sites in the "Gear" section of the sidebar. Now that we're approaching winter I'm going to have to think about running in the cold - specifically, to find light, thermal clothing. The problem is that on the one day of the week that I will get to run during lunchtime (Monday), I also have to leg it for the train on the way back from work, so I can't be stuffing my bag full of heavy clothes and stuff, and expect to be sure of covering the 7/8 of a mile with a backpack full of shoes, toiletries and clothes in under ten minutes after the school bell goes. (Usually by the time the boy gets out the door, I'm left with eight.) The past few weeks it's been a sprint and I've made it on more occasions than not, but on the occasions I've not I've then been late for my private students after that, which I can't afford to.

I need ideas about the type of clothing suitable for runs/working out in temperatures of, say, 5 Celsius (41 Fahrenheit). Anyone got any tips?