Nice conditions

I rolled out of a perfectly good warm bed at 0500 this morning. I put on my shoes, shorts and a long sleeve tech shirt (after body gliding); downed a banana and water while checking the online weather (53 degrees); then stepped outside into the brisk morning air with a gusty wind out of the northwest.
I moved out gingerly but steeled to the whipping wind on my first tack of a 9.1 mile run. In the dark I stepped quickly over dark shadows trying to remember where the speed bumps were and avoiding downed branches and wind whipped garbage littering the streets.
I had instances of pain behind my left knee and in my right ankle. By the end, nothing hurt and I was home in 1 hr. 24 min. I never stopped for water or anything other than what it took to spare my life from onrushing rush hour traffic coursing along the main drag. It was a refreshing run and put me at 128 miles for the month, a new monthly record, with 7 days to go.