Cumulative mileage...131 miles.
This mileage above includes a 2-mile run in near-freezing weather in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and some runs on a treadmill in a hotel in Chicago. But, I am discounting the run on the treadmills because there are some purists who are puritanical about running on terra firma only. Yes, I am bowing to the purists but the point that I would really like to make is that running in cold weather is a whole new game, as I discovered the hard way. Unless you have proper gear in cold weather, your body reacts to the cold by stiffening up the muscles and that makes for a very strenuous run and makes you a very likely candidate for a sore muscle or shin splints. And since the air is colder, it is seemingly heavier and you have to strain harder to fill your lungs.
The one big difference between Chicago, Chapel Hill, and Los Angeles is that the air appears to be much more clean in Chicago and Chapel Hill around this time of the year. When I returned to LA from my trips to Chicago and Chapel Hill, I promptly experienced allergy symptoms from the dust and pollution. So, take your pick...freezing cold weather, or dust and pollution in a warm setting. It's a tough choice when you wish to be outdoors all the time.
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