Old Man Still running

Treadmill.  7:30 pace for 8 miles.  8:00 for the rest.  Continue to feel more comfortable at faster paces, did a series of segments at 6:15 pace.

Treadmill during lunch.

More tempo running the the treadmill.  At my very advanced age, avoiding muscle strains doing this is a challenge.  Right upper hamstring complaining today, had to back off.

I'm signing up for Mogollon Monster 100 in Arizona this year instead of running Bear 100. This is the second year they are holding this race, very tough.

Out on the snowy pavement.

Pain in the leg in a location a little above last year's fracture.  Freaks me out.  Have visions of a new crack appearing.  For months I've been taking Calcium Citrate supplements every day in hopes to strengthen the bones.  I chase it down with fiber supplement.  Got a tooth pulled on Monday.  Who needs teeth at my age.  It sucks to be old.

Treadmill

Ran with a group of 8 others across Utah Lake.  We started at Saratoga Springs Harbor Marina.  It was 6 degrees.  I dressed warmly.   It was very foggy the entire way over.  No one brought a good GPS so and I had not paid attention to the right direction to Lindon marina.  So we just guessed.  At one point one guy pulled out his phone and had the harbor marked.  He had us head north.  It didn't seem right be we made the turn.  After another mile, another guy showed me his phone and it had us heading in another direction that made more sense, so we again turned, this time in the right direction.  It was pretty funny, but an amazing adventure to run in the fog.  The snow was about 4 inches deep, so made for some hard work, good exercise.   We stopped several times, just having a good time.  One group of three went pretty far ahead.  We could not see them at all but at times Skip would whistle.  We would yell and try to get them going in the right direction.  Finally, I was amazed that we arrived at the marina, exactly as we should.  It came into view less than 100 yards through the fog.

Four decided to catch a ride.  I wanted more miles, not tired at all yet, so ran back with three others.  Eventually the fog lifted and I could see our approximate destination.  Our route back was much straighter and we saved about a mile.   The late morning was amazing on the lake.

The ice was still very thick, but we did cross over one crack that was curious.  about six feet from the crack on either side was slush and our feet sunk in an inch.  Pretty freaky.  We were very careful.  Other than that, we didn't see any other problem areas except thin ice within a few feet of the shore.

It was a wonderful run.   I forgot to put on my sunglasses when the fog finally lifted and just 45 minutes of sun on that snow left we with sore eyes for the rest of the day.

I still have a sore hamstring from earlier in the week.  I would have gone back out for more, but need to rest it.