7 a.m. 5 degrees. 13 inches of fresh powder. 12 screws in my shoes. 11 friends. 8 miles. 35 minute "nomination fartlek." Coach declared the order (alphabetical) and we each got a turn turn leading a segment of the fartlek. Some of us got two turns so as to fill the entire 35 minutes. The rule was that no one could surpass the "leader" of each segment and each interval was the leader's choice of between 30 seconds to 2.5 minutes. The next person up got to choose the recovery time between 30 seconds to 60 seconds. I enjoyed the couple of miles of MP or faster paced running, fun time laughing and chatting with friends, and of course the frozen face. After my run I came home, showered, ate breakfast, got the kids dressed and ready, and went to FAC for a fabulous session with Colleen in the weight room. New exercises=new sore muscles=good. | 