There was a good amount of snow on the ground this morning. I would have run a race this mornig if my achilles wasn't so sore. Brigham City has a 5k called the snowman shuffle and Mitch Zundell always wins it. I have been interested to see how close I could come to Mitch right now since I know he isn't in as good of shape. But since my achilles put me on the shelf yesterday I decided againsg any 5K attemps.
Instead I went on a trail run above Perry. The snow was pretty deep, (between 5-7 inches on most of the trail) so I was careful. It was a fun run and the snow was very soft to run in and felt quite good. I ended up working pretty hard, for going so slow, and got a good workout. It is hard to run a 7:30 pace through snow that is halfway up your calf. The snow was very wet though and would just pack and cushion, powder would have done me in. I did slip once and banged my knee a little but nothing bad. I stopped for a few minutes about halfway into my run to sled with a couple of kids above Perry. They had a sweet sledding hill and jump going on, and they let go down a couple of times. It was a blast, but I got pretty wet too! 44:55
It really isn't bad running in the snow and weather, some people use treadmills as an alternate, which is great. I personally hate treadmills and in the past have just not run rather than torture myself with a run on a treadmill. I am finally getting to the point now where I can make myself go out in any kind of weather, and once I get out it isn't too bad. I am glad I went today, it was fun, laid back, and very pretty. I would have went at least 11 miles but I had a two Christmas parties to go to, one of which I did not know about until this morning. Oh well, 40 miles for me in 4 days is good right now. I wish I could run a few more miles and have a stonger base, but I am grateful I am able to run as much as I do with my never ending injury.
(Hardrock- 230 miles) | 