AM - Met with Sasha and when I got to his house Michelle was also there for the run. Sasha had forgottent that she was coming and she woke him up at 6:00am as we were not planning on running until 6:30am. I think she ran 3.5 miles while waiting for me to show up and Sasha to get ready. We then headed out and decieded to do some fartlek work for Michelle ont he parts of the trail that were not snow covered. We did several shorter stints and then at about mile 4 we hit a stretch that was clear for a mile so we picked it up for that two mile out and back section and did 2.1 miles in 13:04 which was at 6:13 pace. Then at the end the trail was fairly clear so we picked it up for the last mile and hit a 5:55 which included icy sections and a bridge tunnel and several 90" turns. Michelle was pretty impressive today and it seems that she will be trouble on the local running scene this next year. She is running Painters in two weeks and I think she is capable of a 1:23 half right now. Overall not a bad day. Things felt a little better today all around so hopefully this trend continues. | 