Ethan Cannon

7 flat pace. After much hemming and hawing, I decided to run in the morning and set a season record low temperature (5 degrees) in doing so. Ran east on Como. It was clear that some places waited until after the weekend to bring in snow removal. 

6:57 pace, east river road morning run. 

Didn't notice this until a day later, but yay for hitting 3k miles. 

7:22 pace, west river north. Another half inch of slow that fell last night slowed things down. Once again, there were areas in which the sidewalk was actually cleared during my run. 

Today I felt like a true Minnesotan. I brought my bike on the bus and almost just biked to school in -5 degrees, then biked home in 12 degrees and went for a run in the same weather. Later afternoon is kind of nice on gray winter days like today. 6:54 pace on my Como park "low on daylight" loop around the lake. The darkness hasn't been a major issue yet this year. 

Thoughts on new shoes: it's Saucony so of course it was going to feel good putting it on and fit well. Shoes felt too breathable for winter at first, but I'm not sure they are worse than Triumphs yet. They were a bit clunky but not too much. If they last, they will make good walking shoes like other big shoes that I've had. 

7:05 pace, straight out on Como and around the lake. I ended up going at 6 pm, which fulfilled my goal to do a winter run really in the dark. However, between the snow and the clouds, it wasn't dark at all. I actually preferred the places where street lights weren't on so I could just use the light from the sky. It was fun. 

WINTER TREADMILL SEASON

12/10 due to snow

6:26 pace, east river road. By the end I was so tired. I obviously ran last night, and maybe the cold contributed (even though neither run was frigid). A lot of the fatigue was just from running on the snow which felt like sand. It slowed me down a lot. The bike path in St Paul was the best groomed. 

7:08 pace, Falcon Heights route. It was a nice snowy Minnesota run on a gray late afternoon. 

7:14 pace, east river road. It's hard to believe I slogged through that snow in the morning to avoid even more snow coming later. Still, I was a long ways away from preferring to be running inside. 

Dumped some more snow last night. The roads appeared marginally run-able, but certainly not the sidewalks, especially as of the morning. So, treadmill day number 1. 

7:02 pace, Como avenue to transitway and stadium to avoid snow. 9 degrees and overcast (again) but I felt surprisingly comfortable. As evidence of this, I looked at my watch once expecting it to be 22 minutes or so and it was actually 28. You would expect the time warp to be in the opposite direction on a new route if I were feeling uncomfortable for whatever reason. The only downside was that overall the air isn't great on that route, and I got a couple of face fulls of fumes from busses. 

7:12 pace. I went on my Falcon Heights / Roseville route, not realizing I did that just on Monday. Oh well. You've got to find places that aren't too snowy. It started snowing on me at the end. 

Treadmill run. It was -7 and I was tempted to run outside. Long runs are especially arduous on the treadmill, but at least I can run. And the new fans help for sure. 

7:05 pace, Diagonal / St A parkway

7 flat place, Como classic snow route. Nice to have my face uncovered. 

7:10 pace, west river north. Had to leave early (6:45) so I could be at a meeting, and the sun was barely up at all by the time I came back. 

6:53 pace, straight on Como to the lake. Today was my worst weather mis-estimation in a while. It was 39 degrees, but I was anticipating sleet and heavy winds. Turns out the wind was moderate and there was hardly any rain, so I had to take off my hat and quarter zip. 

7:13 pace, Cleveland ave run. I went back through my logs today and saw that I continued running in the afternoon frequently as far as April and even May / June this year. That surprises me. As of right now, I place greater value on the benefits that come from running in the morning. I know I have a lot of afternoon runs coming up, but I hope I can get back to morning runs ASAP. 

For having run last night, potentially snowed this morning, and 15 mph winds, much of today's run wasn't too bad. It did get pretty bad on the way back when heavy winds blew snow through the air. My pace was eyebrow-raising slow: 6:48s. I guess that is somewhat believable given that the Lake Johanna route was already a slow one. When you combine that with the wind, snow, and ice, I guess it approaches being reasonable. 

7:07 pace on west river, some sleet on the ground that fell sometime last night but it was more crunchy than slippery and it was so nice and warm out!

6:43 pace, east on Como to como lake before the plane ride!

Ran around the country club neighborhood with a brother-in-law and nephew, then on my own. We kept up a good pace!

6:38 pace, to the far edge of Morven park. It's Christmas so I knew I wouldn't be getting out much today which is why I went further. It was nice and warm and sunny so I got to wear shorts and a t-shirt but I definitely paid for running in the afternoon after eating a lot in the morning. 

Only 7:07 pace? Not sure but oh well. I tried a new route, running on King street and then along Battlefield parkway.

6:06 pace, east on W&OD. Didn't feel very well today, it was a bit of a grind. My blister started heating up again and it makes me wonder if I shouldn't get these shoes again. 

Run at deep creek lake. Wind was supposedly almost 25 mph so I overdressed. Ran hard but the 6:45-6:49 pace seems like a mistake. Rain on and off. 

For the second day in a row at Deep Creek, this run was not as bad as it could have been. This time it was 15 degrees, again with high winds, and snowing the whole time, with a coating of snow on the ground. Roads weren't slippery, however. The sketchiest part was on the trails at Fork Run. I heard a creaking in the wind, and looked up to see a couple trees had already snapped halfway up, but hadn't fallen completely because the tops had been caught on other trees. 

7:03 pace. First run on W&OD westbound in a week since coming to VA. And my last run of the year! 2025 has been my 2nd highest mileage year of all time, I think. I have now run 7 consecutive years of >3000 miles, and likely hit about 25,000 miles since 1/1/2018, the fastest period in which I have run around the earth's circumference!!!