In search of old age PRs

Slow speed work on ice/snow covered track at East High.  7x200 with mile warm up and cool down.

House to Liberty then gym in heavy snow.

Powder run.  House to Sugar House Park then gym.  Tough conditions.

House to Fairmont Park then gym.  Nice sunny weather, but a little slick in spots.

Run from House to Davis Park then gym.  Great weather.  I've decided to run a snow 5K in Park City on Saturday morning...we'll see how it goes in the snow!

I ran the Park City Snowshoe Stomp 5K this morning along the rail trail.  They had a running shoe division, so I gave it a try.  I put a couple of hex-head screws into the heals of my shoes and off I went.

It was a small race with less than 150 (estimate) people.  75% were snowshoe runners.  The course was an out and back with slight downhill to the ½ point.  I warmed up on the course.  The only way I could keep any footing was to stay in the middle of the trail where other people had packed the snow down.  I would sink below my ankles on the middle edges and down to my shins on the outer edges.

I lined up in front to get a good start and felt fine the first mile (5:45).  I began to slip in the snow the second mile-it was not packed as well (6:51).  The third mile was extremely tough.  My legs and lungs were burning from the cold (15 degrees).  I had to run on the edges due to all the other runners on the trail.  The last mile was a 7:32 pace.  At the 5K point I was 20:57, but the course was long so at 3.27 my time was 22:00 (according to my GPS).  I should have an official time posted later this week.

Running in the snow is hard.