Early AM: Said I wasn't going to go into the lab much this week after the incredibly busy last couple weeks, but went in for lab meeting at 9 and stayed a few more hours to get a few odds and ends taken care of.
Early PM: 4th day of skiing in a row, 10th day of the season (1st at Solitude, rest at Snowbird... need to start using my Alta/Park City/Deer Valley days soon...). I guess the lower leg thing is a bruise. It was still a little annoying when skiing techy stuff requiring really hard turns, as my boot dug into that spot, so I mostly stuck to groomers. Fortunately, I didn't feel it at all when running later in the day.
Late PM: To 9th East to 27th South, to 5th East, back home. First 4 miles at a hair under 7:00 pace (net downhill by 140 feet), then hit the next 5 at 6:28 average (net downhill by about 10 feet, with about 120' uphill and 130' downhill. If this was marathon effort (it felt like it), it would equate to a little above 6:10 at sea level, which sounds about right. Of note on this section was that the air qualty was literally choking around 5th East / 21st South. I actually gagged at one point. Seriously awful. Anyway, I finished with an easy slow 8:15 back uphill to my apartment. It was pretty icy tonight, but I felt like it only slowed me on one mile of the marathon effort miles (everything from 4 to 9 was 6:21 to 6:30 except the 3rd mile, which was particularly icy, was a 6:36, despite being net downhill).
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