Fly me to the moon...

Ran with the group this morning that included Sasha, Mary Ann, Jeff, James, and Angela.  It was pretty cold and windy, and under the bridges it was pretty icy.  Under the bridges for I-15 it was particularly bad with black ice nearly the entire way.  I hit a bad spot and went down.  It was the first time I have ever fallen on the ice.  I didn't really get hurt, and it was kind of fun sliding on my back for about 5-10 feet on the ice.  I had a nice big frozen spot on my sweatshirt by the end of the run.  We ran about 2.75 to the start of the 5K course from the New Years Eve run.  Then the rest of the group except James and I started some speedwork.  I don't know how far or how fast they went because it was pretty icy even on the roads.  I started to go with them for the first part, but couldn't get enough traction.  James and I did another 400m on the trail and then headed back for a total of 6.  Our time was pretty good considering the conditions at about 50:22 (8:23/mile).  I'm not sure how accurate the time is though because I stopped and started it a few times.  The tunnels under the train bridges were full of icy water so we had to go around a couple of times rather than run in frozen, wet shoes.  It was quite the adventure today.