Weather - 25 degrees, cloudy, snowing. Woke to about 6-7 inches of snow on the ground, was feeling pretty good energy-wise because I ran only 6 miles yesterday, and I got 11 hours of sleep. Decided to run long today, and covered 13.5 miles, mainly doing loops around Busey Woods. The snow was tough to navigate, I could feel my leg muscles expending more power than normally needed just to keep moving forward. The good thing about running in the thick snow was the softness of impact, it was like running on a bed of pillows. After 2 hours of running my joints felt no wear and tear, which is usually not the case with a long run. I finished the run just before getting to Brookens Gym, so I did 6 sets of strength exercises and stretching in the gym to cool down from the tough run. I feel like I have made a small leap in fitness, I am now covering 2 hours for a long run, and after tomorrow I will have hit 60 miles in a week for the first time this winter. #77 | 