Today I finally woke up at a normal time and got out of bed after waking up. This was the first time in two weeks… So, I got into work early with the plan of running at 10am. Started off the day on the wrong foot though and was pretty grumpy by the time I headed out the door at 10:45am. Dealing with accident related issues is just not fun. Then to make things more interesting the weather was having fun with me. About 0.5mi mile into it, it started snowing and was fairly windy. By the looks of the flags it was about 10-15 mph winds. My plan for the workout was to do 2-mi on 2-mi off. Between the weather and the lack of training with the accident I decided it would be best to plan to have the on miles on “easy” ground. So I did my warm-up starting from lab of two miles relaxed. Then I hit the first mile of my “on” headed downhill. I didn’t look at the Garmin the full mile, I just went by feel. I did have a crosswind with the snow blowing everywhere but not much snow had stuck on the ground yet. I hit 5:34 (descent 178ft), the second mile was more downhill but the first half mile was the hardest with a brutal headwind, the second half had a tailwind into Memory Grove 5:34 (yes the same split, descent 211ft). Then I turned up City Creek for about 2.5 miles. I then turned around and let loose, again not looking at my Garmin (except at the mile beeps). By this time there was about ¼-1/2 inch of snow on the ground and there were slippery spots but not too bad going downhill. Miles were hit at 5:21 (descent 242ft) and 5:19 (descent 179ft). To squeeze in the third repeat I just took a half mile recovery, not the best plan but I was curious to see what I could do with minimal rest after the 5:19. It truly amazes me that Paul, Sean, and Logan kept that pace and faster to qualify! That first mile for my final on session is the one up towards the fire station from overlooking City Creek. The uphill was not the problem, it was the snow. By then it had drifted to about 1in in spots and the traffic had made sure to make it nice and slippery, 6:46 (Ascent 206ft). The final on mile was a little better as on the descents the slipperiness isn’t as bad 5:47 (descent 233ft). The last repeats obviously slower but tougher miles, more weather, and very little rest so I was happy with it. Overall, I felt GREAT! It was nice to get out and get some good leg turnover. I finished off a mile cooldown and called it quits. Not sure why I wrote so much today, curious to see if anyone will comment and just nice to do a workout again and have something to write about rather than I ran 10-miles again today and kept the same pace yeah… Avg. 7:00 HR 165 | 