Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

10 mile run this morning.  I thought I was doing the smart thing by not running after I first got up in order to avoid the extreme cold.  So, I slept in until 7:30, had a leisurely breakfast and decided to run at about 11:00 a.m.  By the time I came upstairs to get ready to run, it was snowing!  (I thought the weather dude said it might snow this afternoon!!).  So, I ventured out anyway.  The snow gradually got worse until it was sticking to the roads.  I ran on the backside of Little Mountain, back to Skyline to the gate and then returned home via Loma Vista and Upland loops while the snow continued to stick.  Icy in spots, but generally the traction was good.  The Nike Zooms seem to have better lugs than the Asics 2140 I've been accustomed to.  Came home after 6 miles in 56:39 at a very easy 9:25 pace overall, stripped off the wet clothes and hit the dreaded treadmill for another 4 miles.  First time on that since about last March.  What do you think seemed longer, the 6 miles outside in the weather or the 4 miles on the dreadmill?  I started out at 9:00 minute pace on 1 or 1.5% incline, then increased it to about 8:30 pace by 1 mile and kept that until 3 miles.  The last mile I increased the pace by .1 mph each tenth of a mile from the 8:30 until by the last 10th I was going at 7:30 pace.  34:25 overall for the 4 miles, 8:36 overall pace.  More snow predicted for tomorrow and early next week.  Scheduled to run with Tina at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.  Hope the streets are clear.