Start time: 12/22/09, 4:30pm
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 5 miles
Average pace: 8:36min/mile
Total Miles For December: 73 miles
Total Miles For 2009: 851 miles
Well, thanks to snowpocalypse, running outside is severely limited at the moment, until the snow melts a bit more and pathways are clear. So, back to the indoor track! Ah, the joy.
(8:53, 8:41, 8:46, 8:28, 8:14)
Is there any hope that the W&OD will open again before spring? Can I dream of tiny pedal-powered snowplows clearing off my trail?
The good news is that it will eventually go away. The bad news is that some parts are worse than others for clearing out snow, especially when we’ve gotten this much of the stupid stuff.
The worst stretch is probably between markers 5 and 9, unfortunately. All of those hills on either side of the trail will keep melting off during the day and onto the trail, at which point it all re-freezes on the trail itself at night. I’ve found a lot of the time it’s actually easier to run on the snow-covered grass next to the trail instead of the trail itself, because at least there it isn’t iced-over…