I keep telling everyone that I just ran in the worst weather, well this morning was one of those snowing and blowing days. Temperature was 20 degrees but the wind was between 32 to 37mph with a hard snowfall and very hard to see. The Wind Chill made the temperature 5 degrees and it definitely felt like it. Originally when I woke up I was going to the gym, because I didn't even want to attempt this today. The roads would be slick, and the snow would be blowing in my face for at least 4 miles by calculating the course I would run and the wind direction. But the below following things happened that caused me to run out of time so I had to run outside rather than drive to the gym.
First off my youngest daughter fell off my oldest daughters bed last night trying to tease her by hiding under the covers so I checked her ankle this morning, and It wasn't really swollen, but she's walking with a little bit of a limp. But she could move everything so I'm sure it's a good sprain. Then I couldn't find my Ipod, and once I did it was dead. Then I was looking for something to wrap my daughters leg with and it took me forever to find what we wanted to put on it. Then my garmin took forever to get a signal. I'm not sure if it was the hard snowfall with the continuous 30mph+ wind or what. By this time it was 7:30am so I ran outside because I didn't want to drive to the gym and wasted more time. The was a very tough run with the snow and wind blowing in my face against my body, but I kept thinking the Salt Lake City Marathon will not be this hard so I just pushed through the run. I was cold and covered in snow by the time I was done, but I only ran 6.3 miles at an 7:05 pace in 44:45. I pushed the last mile a little harder through the snow and wind to get done, and get to work (split 6:38). I wanted to run at least 8 miles but I didn't have the time. Hopefully, later.today.
I fell after the 6 mile turning the corner on snow that had black ice under it on the street right on my knee. It's a little sore and has a nice big bruise, but I think I'll be okay. Evening; 6:03 miles at a 6:46 pace tonight in 40:50 minutes from my work and back to my work. Very eventful run. My knee where I fell this morning was a little sore in this run. I felt like I was just running at an easy pace. It's amazing how the weather can change from the morning to the evening. It was still windy, but the sun was out the snow melted and the roads were not slick. This was a very nice evening run.
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