hiking (pavement) 1:16:13 [1] 5.75 km (13:15 / km) +31m 12:54 / km
shoes: Oboz Sawtooth II
A few streets in Townsend, with Nancy, In The Dark. This did not turn out as expected. She had checked the forecast and it was supposed to warm up as the evening went on, getting above 40 F. However, that was for Lunenburg, and we went to the icy abyss of Townsend, where it was several degrees colder, specifically, below freezing. I might have dressed a little warmer if I had known, but in particular, we both would have chosen different footwear. Skates might have been a good choice, though spikes would have sufficed. The asphalt was treacherously slick, enough so that Nancy walked on the shoulder whenever possible, or on little bits of snow on the verge. It was bad enough that we considered going home to get her ice creepers. Nice moon, though we had to have the headlamps on most of the time to look for the glint of ice. Nancy was picking up these streets for CityStrides, but I'm doing Townsend by bicycle, so I stopped the watch every time we went somewhere I haven't pedaled yet (Adams, Dix, Boutelle, Cross, Kimplen, Smith), thus my fragmented track, and I took the total time/distance/climb from her log. We made it almost the entire way around with no falls, but with just a couple of hundred meters to go I had an acrobatic close call.