5:00am- I woke up to the wind howling and and the snow and rain falling, not what I like to see. I did my Alpine Highway / Lone Peak loop backward this morning. At first I had a hard headwind with rain pelting me. The weather got worse as I went, with the rain turning to snow, then to hail, back to snow, and finally rain again. The hail was very painful! It was toughest heading North and East. I got some relief from the wind when I was going South for to miles, but by then I was soaking wet and my clothes felt like they were 30lbs. After the first 3.5 miles I got sick of the weather and decided to get home as fast as I could so I upped the tempo. I didn't have a Garmin on, but the last few miles were around 6:10 pace or faster. I got out of my wet clothes and right in a warm shower when I got back. 57:20 for the run. (2130- 27 miles) PM- It was snowing like crazy when practice started! I told my kids they could go outside or stay in but I wanted them to do at least 40 minutes easy. Most of my varsity runners came outside with me, the tough kid! The flakes were huge and I was afraid we would get super wet. After a mile the snow let up and it was sunny until a mile left and then it started to snow like crazy again. We went North on a trail that follows a canal and had to hop a couple of fences, then took some back roads from there. We ran by Bingham HS and did a lap on the rivals track before heading back the same way. It was a fun run with my guys and good conversation. I was glad for mostly decent weather during the run. 8.5 miles in 1:04:30 (7:35 pace). (Kahana- 203 miles)
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