Long Run today. Jon met me at my house and we went and ran on the TOU marathon course backwards. We joined it at mile 21.5 and headed into the snow storm. It got progressively windier and snowier. Jon and I ran together for 5 miles then he had to head home. I continued up the course, up hollow road and up the canyon. At this point I had a nice tailwind going up the canyon and was praying for a change in wind direction as I knew trouble was brewing. I hit 10 miles in ~72 mins and turned around very close to the 1/2 marathon point. I was hoping to pick it up on the downhill and get the legs going on the downhill. That didn't work out very well. I was blinded by the wind blown hail that was pelting me. I was running with my eyes closed peeking every 10 seconds or so to stay on the road. 6:20, 6:40, 6:50 splits before I slowed back to 7:00 pace as the hypothermia set in. Slogged through the rest of the run until I hit Jon's house. I stopped and helped him load his U-Haul while I thawed out. 2 doughnuts and some OJ and 5000 lbs of boxes moved, I headed home for the final 1.5 miles. It was rough getting going with the food slogging around in the belly, but it settled and I was able to pick off the 7 min guy by throwing in a 6:33 mile (no more wind, but the snow continued). Enough whining for one day. On a positive note, this run gave me my highest mileage week ever. T-2:19:47 (6:59) 157
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