Positive Running

On a nearly 40 degree day, took Hershey to Two Rivers Park and ran around the loop 1.5 times for a total of 4.25 miles.  Hershey (our Black Lab) did very well running 2 of the miles at 9:30/mile. But for her that was a fast pace and she quick;y tired.  Overall we averaged around 10:00/mile, which is a serious slog but a pretty good pace for our family dog.

Then, I met Steve P and a couple of ultra buddies and ran 16.3 miles from Lake Sylvia to Lake Winona and back.  The scenery was spectacular with snow and icicles on the trees that could be seen in the valleys for mile.  I wish I had taken my phone to snap some photos.  We tried taking the scenic Auto Tour route on FR 132, but too many trees had broken onto the road and it was not really passable.  We did see a pick-up on that section of 132 that someone had abandoned and that was sliding down the mountain, being held up only by a tree that has a trunk less than 6 inches diameter.  It's going to snow tomorrow and none of us thinks that tree will hold the weight of the truck for long before it slides down the hill.

Ran 9.3 miles in 75:48 on the TM.  Started easy with first three mile in 25:12.  The ran the next 6.3 miles at an average pace of 8:02/mile.

Rough night with stomach sickness.  Probably something I ate.  Ran 7.2 miles on the TM late this afternoon at a 8:13/mile pace.

Ran 10 miles on the TM at an 8:27/mile pace.  Could have run much further at that pace, but ran out of time and had to go back to work.

Ran 14 miles from the community garden at Two Rivers Park, around the 3-mile loop, and south over the Two Rivers Bridge and down to the Rebsamen Park clubhouse and back.  Ran the first 10 miles at an easty 8:15/mile pace, then met up with Drew Short on the trail and we ran miles 11-12 at a 7:56 pace and miles 13 and 14 at a 7:17 pace.