Objective: moderate, w/ fartlek @MP Conditions: 8:15am, low 30s F, cloudy & calm, 1" new snow 20 min. core & weights
We woke up to the prettiest blanket of snow this morning; just an inch, but without our usual gales it settled nicely on even the tiniest branches. Everything looked so beautiful. The clouds were very colorful and high enough for some spectacular views of the valley and surrounding mountains. About half way through my run, a slightly familiar looking yellow thing came out from behind the clouds for about 5 minutes. Thanks to an abundance of sleep and a moratorium on sugar yesterday, I am feeling more like my old self today and had a very good run. (I do attribute some of the sluggishness of the past couple of days to a late xmas gift of truffles we received. The 3 of us went through them like a house afire, with the result that DD had a canker sore, DH experienced a relapse of a chronic tooth absess, and I had a sore throat.) The "fartlek" was a collection of short periods at MP whenever I could manage it with the road conditions; I am just guessing that it added up to about a mile.
Note to self: I may not have needed the Yaktrax this morning. They were helpful on the icy places, but they also have a tendancy to accumulate snow in these conditions. With just 1 inch I probably could have done well without them. | 