Oooooooooh whaaaat a run! The blizzard last night left about 5-6 inches of powder on the ground. With the cold wind and unplowed roads any place to run was as good as the other. I went into Brigham City on the canal road, through the golf course, to the cemetery, and back. It was hard, hard, hard! I was running up and down those rollers in 6 inches of powder the whole run. After I ran my first mile in 10:30 into that bitter north wind I was wondering why the heck I was even attempting to run. No one or nothing had been on any part of the road so I was breaking trail the whole way. It is funny how you can talk yourself into believing things, because I was telling myself the whole first half how much fun I was having and that I would be glad I did it. It was not fun, but about half way through the run I had talked myself into thinking it was. I was working super hard the entire run, but was lucky to run under 9:00 pace. My shoes were frozen and so were my pant upto my knees. I was hammered when I got done, but was glad I did it. It was one of my top 5 harfdest training runs that I remember, the hardest by far being running the Grand Canyon rim to rim in 4 hours. I am recovered now but it was a toughy today! I do pat myself on the back for this one today, I wouldn't wish the conditions on anyone, except it is great for cross country skiing, minus the sub zero wind temps! 1:26:51
(Hardrock- 265 miles) | 