It finally snowed in Boulder! And I found a great use for my inov-8 roclites this morning. I put about 10 screws in the bottom of each of them, since they are my only shoes that actually have thick enough soles to be able to do that without the screw poking through the insole. It worked out pretty nicely to have the extra traction on the icy snowy sidewalks and trails this morning. I ran around the NCAR hill via skunk canyon up, across mesa, and down bear. I had fresh tracks all the way up Skunk canyon and across mesa all the way to NCAR in about 6 inches of fluffy powder. It was a really cool change of scenery and pace on the trails. Skunk canyon was especially cool with a bunch of deer just hanging out throughout the canyon. Then coming down bear canyon road it was deeper, about 8-10 inches. And that was really fun, because its just a steep, smooth, gravel road, so felt like I was just floating down it in the mid 6's for a mile and a half as a I passed a few people on cross country skis going up. Even though it was below 10 degrees out, I hardly noticed the cold with how beautiful it was out. 6.5 miles - 1:13 - 950' vert. | 