Basketball in the morning. Shane was playing a lot better than me (as is normal), but I had a better morning. I left uninjured. His face collided with somebody's elbow. I think he broke his nose. He bled quite a lot and seemed to be in quite a lot of pain. The quick application of a bag of ice seemed to help. I hope he's okay. I was going to run yesterday morning, but woke up to a blanket of snow, with more still falling. I was going to try to run later in the day, but it being a holiday with the kids out of school, there was never time for it. I was afraid today was going to be the same. I was planning to run at lunchtime, but just before lunch there was a problem I needed to handle and ended up working through lunch. Fortunately, I managed to find time to run after I got home from work. It was light when I started but quickly got dark. I ran just over 6 miles in a loop around 1600 N, 400 W, 2000 N, Heather Rd., and 400 E, running the steepest part of 2000 N (Main to the top of Heather Rd.) twice. My average pace was 8:10/mi. The distances and paces were: 0.52mi - 7:16/mi - slight down - Home to 400 W on 1600 N 0.50mi - 7:24/mi - slight up - 1600 N to 2000 N on 400 W 0.50mi - 8:31/mi - gradual up - 400 W to Main on 2000 N 1.00mi - 9:56/mi - steep up - Main to Heather on 2000 N 1.00mi - 7:15/mi - steep down - Heather to Main on 2000 N 1.00mi - 10:04/mi - steep up - Main to Heather on 2000 N 0.85mi - 7:01/mi - steep down - Heather & 400 E to 1600 N 0.50mi - 6:53/mi - gradual down - 400 E to Main on 1600 N 0.21mi - 6:08/mi - level - Main to Home I felt pretty strong throughout the run and really enjoyed it. If things go as planned, I decided this will be the first of 3 runs in 24 hours. Tomorrow I plan to run in the morning with Larry and Kevin, and then at lunchtime with Tom, Cory, and/or Nathan. I figure this is an opportunity to get in some good training for the Wasatch Back Relay. | 