friday frolick
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i didn’t make it out to run on thursday morning but headed out the door with about 2 inches of fresh powder to run in. i used my new trail running shoes with yaktrax pro (pictured) wrapped on the sole. the shoes themselves have pin spikes in the sole and i didn’t want them to wear down…so the yaktrax added that extra layer between the road and the spikes. (the spikes will come in handy when i’m out on the trails this spring)
regardless, i headed down to the glacial drumlin trail – which hadn’t been plowed out since the big snow storm earlier in the month. man, that was a mistake. i did my best not to twist an ankle and emerged onto a plowed section after about 3/4 of a mile of really awful footing. i ran about another 3/4 of a mile then backtracked and turned north into the subdivisions heading for home. i ended up with 5 miles in over 50 minutes…which is awfully slow…but under the circumstances that’s what i could do.
…and so ends a rather anemic month of running for me. disappointing – to say the least – in terms of the number of miles covered. on a positive note, i am getting in the long runs again.
MTD – 139 miles
YTD – 321 miles
Odometer – 26,659 miles