I lost my glove, but I found it

 Speed work out this week after pretty much just easy effort runs since October. There were a few faster 'tempo' type runs in there and a 5k Gobbler Gallop, but nothing to serious like speed training. 

Precisely:
2 mi Warm Up
x12 400m @5k-10k pace (which is ~6:35-7:00) | 400m Recovery
2 mi Cool Down

The first few intervals are ok, but at some point I feel think "oof, is this going to end" Sometimes from discomfort and other times from boredom or perhaps some combination of both of these. 

Fluctuating between hard effort and recovery, I ended up putting my gloves in my coat pocket around the 5th interval. Usually this is not a problem. I shove them in and so they don't bounce about, but apparently I didn't shove my one glove in far enough because undenounced to me it fell out.

I really like these Turtle Gloves because they slide on and off easily and turn inside out. Sometimes they run a bit hot for my taste, but they do the trick most of the time. I'm sorta attached to them so to loose one felt a bit of a bummer. By the time I noticed, I only had a few intervals left and I started to do math in my head to see if retracing my steps would be of any good or if I'd have to come back later for the hunt. 

Finally I decided it could be 1 interval back or 4, but I'd go for a hunt one way or another. 

Now, remember, I am an early morning runner so it is dark. I have a headlamp, so obviously that helps, but it still is quite a chore to look for a black mitten on a black pathway in the dark.

On my second to last interval I spotted it on the grass right next to the path. ah ha! My lucky day I found it. I finished the speed session and cooled down with two warm hands. 

I'll remember to zip my pockets next time