9 miles in 1:09:56, 7:46/mi, HR 154. Snowy miles today but the temps were above freezing (35F)...yah! Okay, so what's the factor you get to apply to your miles to account for slippage? Surely I get credit for at least 1 inch/foot-plant, which over the course of a run is around an extra 3 miles, right? Okay, at least 2? When I hit the rare spots where traction was good, I was moving out pretty good. Then wham, my stride length gets shorter as momentum slows and I'm at my "running with poor traction" speed. The stabilicers didn't really cut it on snow....on ice they're good, but on snow & slush, your still moving the ground as much as it's moving you. I guess one benefit was not worrying about a bad slip and fall....they did "stabilize" me more than just shoes would. To add to the ignominy of it all, Garmin decided that 9 miles would take about 9.2 to run today....okay, so I'm a slave to the little song it plays when the custom workout is finished so I ran around my driveway a couple of times and back out onto the road to get the full (extra) 9 mile distance according to garmin today. Interestingly, Garmin did give me credit for climbing 1200' in 3/4 mile to nearly 3000' at the apex of my run today, at which point I must've jumped off a cliff to land back at the 1650' mark. Maybe that's why he made me run the extra .2. Either that or there was a whole lot more snow than I remember. Tomorrow's Steady State run is going to be interesting...
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