A nice 8 miles on the streets behind the school (that essentially go nowhere). No cars, not really cold, just windy (7-10mph winds). Going into the wind was obviously worse. There are some retention ponds out there and usually I run around them so that I don't have to do the same loop multiple times. That was a mistake. The first lake I almost fell a few times and I decided that I wouldn't run around the other and then the other side of the lake was less slippery, so I just decided to run around the other lake. Bad idea. That was where I fell. There was a sheet of ice and I thought I could run over it. I slipped, thought I righted myself, and was quite surprised to end up on my butt. No biggie, but I decided after that to just run on the roads. Throughout the rest of the run, I either had the wind in my face or an uphill, or both. Visibility was pretty bad, especially towards the end of the run. But it was still a pretty great run.
Avg pace: 8:43 avg
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