Urban Trail Loop in the snow with the Newtons. It wasn't too cold, but the snow was WET. I thought I might have overdressed, but at mile 7.5 I'd decided I hadn't. Like normal, I had a wonderfully progressive run....until I hit the trail. Then I tried to kill myself a few times. Chad was ahead a good 60+ seconds and heard me scream when I stepped in the puddle and nearly twisted my ankle .15 later. Such a klutz! AP: 9:09 splits: 9:11, 9:04, 8:50, 8:45, 9:26, 9:15, 9:39, 9:03 Some of the slowness could've been due to the fact that I stopped stopping my watch around mile 4 as well. With big wet gloves on I didn't want to risk it, so I just let it go. Meh, a run is a run. With about a 1/2 mile left my legs were certainly letting me know that they were fatigued. Maybe after recovering from Halloween Half quad pounding this Saturday I can get back to some semblance of a regular running schedule. Came home and got my wet clothes off before the chills set in, but I was still too cold to sleep...despite trying...for the next hour or so. Finally pulled my lazy butt out of bed and got my kids to school and off to the gym. Did Heidi's spin class - holy mountains batman! A great class and I enjoyed learning how to ride the new bikes. Fun stuff. Only 17.6 miles in the 60 minutes, but with all the climbing I'm calling that a success.
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