Half Marathon in the snow. Things started out ok today with just a tiny bit of snow to start out in. Things got progressively worse as the snow picked up on my North Logan Loop (short) course. By the time I hit Lundstrom Park, I was blinded by the snow flakes. I will blame my faceplant as I ran down old main hill on the snow as well. I slipped backwards on hidden ice under the snow,but still somehow fell forward onto my face at 6 min pace. My gloves took most of the fall for me. I suppose the snow cushioned it as well. That crash slowed me down considerably for a while. The kicker was the two unscheduled #2 stops even with taking a pill this morning. Not sure if the pill kept to down to two from five or if it just didn't do anything. You just never know. T-1:33:47 (7:10) 152
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