Temperatures warmed up to 31 degrees! Aubree and I ran through the neighborhood out and back for 4.2 and then came back to change layering. The roads were still a bit icy in some patches but mostly slushy.
2nd part of run- Kirkway 8.5 miles. It was kind of scary running on the busier roads because the side walks are covered in 2 feet of snow. We ran facing traffic but when a car came we had to jump really far to the side and try to miss the icy patches. My feet got pretty soaked.
This run was more of a mental game than anything else. Constantly watching my footing to avoid slush puddles and ice patches. Kirkway we were playing frogger on the road with cars. Ahh! Trying to run in the middle of the road because there are so many blind spots on that road. On the way up a hill on Echo I mistook the wind for a car coming. Yes, sounds like a sad story... running uphill, against the wind, in slushy ice with cars coming at us. And yet I still enjoyed it. I know fellow runners would understand.
I had a break and ate lunch and changed my socks and shoes while Aubree finished on the treadmill. I finished the 2.3 miles on the treadmill when she was done. My pace average was about 10minutes.
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