See snow day pics here.
AM: Slow run this morning in the snow. 6 miles in 9:06 pace. Felt like 8:06 pace effort though. Probably because I'm tired from the evening workout yesterday and also because I was running in 3 inches of snow with wind that seemed to change direction so it could always be blowing me in the face. Light snow was falling. I was wishing I would have worn a hat with a brim to protect my eyes from the snow, but as it was I just pulled my beanie way down half way over my eyes and that helped a little.
Its SO beautiful out there! I love the snow mornings. I left my ipod home today because there is just something amazingly quiet and peaceful about fresh snowfall and I didn't want to interrupt it with music in my ears. I didn't see any other exersisers out but I did see a few tracks from people who had walked their dogs. I was suprised to find when I got home that all Jefferson County Schools have been cancelled today. I told Abe and he's pretty stoked that he gets to stay home with us. The roads really aren't too bad but I guess they are worried that the forecast says its supposed to snow heavily all day and they didn't want to mess with sending kids home mid-day. Watever, I'll take it. I have a Chiropractor appointment this morning and then maybe we'll go play in the white stuff and go to the gym later for a few more miles on the TM and some stretching/lifting.
PM: Went to the gym for another 4 miles on the TM. Originally I resolved that it would take 32 minutes to run 4 miles (8:00 pace) but I kept getting bored and wanting to be done sooner as I pushed the speed up arrow. Finished in just under 30 minutes (7:30 pace.) Felt good to go faster than my earlier snow run. After running I stretched and lifted weights for 40 minutes. It was a good workout. Looks like I'll be heading to the gym again today for running on the TM. As much as I enjoy running in the snow, 2 feet on the sidewalks isn't condusive to running any sort of decent pace. I hope I can get my car to the gym and I hope the gym is open. Guess I better call first. If not, maybe I'll dust off the snow shoes and go for a hike. | 